Podocarpus dispermus

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Podocarpus dispermus

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Gymnospermae
Division: Pinophyta
Class: Pinopsida
Order:
Araucariales
Family: Podocarpaceae
Genus: Podocarpus
Species:
P. dispermus
Binomial name
Podocarpus dispermus
C.White

Podocarpus dispermus is a species of

endemic to Queensland, Australia, where it is limited to the eastern Atherton Tableland.[1]

This species grows in scattered subpopulations. It is part of the rainforest understory. The seed is dispersed by southern cassowary (Casuarius casuarius) and musky rat-kangaroos (Hypsiprymnodon moschatus).[1]

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