Afrocarpus falcatus

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Common Names

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Description

Family Podocarpaceae

Trees or shrubs evergreen , dioecious or rarely monoecious. Leaves decussate, subopposite, or spirally arranged ; blade scalelike, subulate , or linear to elliptic , stomatal lines abaxial or present on all surfaces. Pollen cones terminal , solitary or clustered in leaf axils , or borne in spikelike complexes; individual cones pedunculate or sessile; microsporophylls numerous , spirally arranged, with distinct adaxial and abaxial surfaces; microsporangia 2; pollen 2(or 3) -saccate in Chinese species, (rarely nonsaccate) . Seed-bearing structures terminal or axillary , solitary, occasionally spikelike, comprising few to several spirally arranged bracts; all or only apical bracts fertile , smooth or warty; basal bracts sometimes fused and succulent (together with peduncle) to form a "receptacle," or obsolete ; ovule (inverted ) or inclined in Chinese species. Seed drupelike or nutlike, wholly or (in Dacrydium) partly enveloped in a sometimes colored and succulent epimatium derived from fertile ovulate scale. Cotyledons 2.

Eighteen genera and ca. 180 species: tropical , subtropical , and S temperate zones, mainly in S hemisphere but extending to montane tropical Africa, Central America, and Japan; four genera and 12 species (three endemic) in China.[1]

Physical Description

Habitat

Biome: Fresh water . Demersal .

Biology

Reproduction

Duration: Perennial

Growth

Culture: Space 15-20' apart.

Sunlight: Sun Exposure: Full Sun .

Moisture: Drought Tolerance: High

Temperature: Cold Hardiness: 9a, 9b, 10a, 10b, 11. (map)

Taxonomy

Unambiguous Synonyms

1. Afrocarpus gaussenii (Woltz) C. N. Page
2. Decussocarpus falcatus (Thunb.) De Laub.
3. Nageia falcata (Thunb.) Kuntze
4. Nageia falcata var. gaussenii (Woltz) Silba
5. Nageia meyeriana (Endl.) Kuntze
6. Podocarpus falcatus (Thunb.) Endl.
7. Podocarpus gaussenii Woltz
8. Podocarpus gracillimus Stapf
9. Podocarpus meyerianus Endl.
10. Taxus falcata Thunb.

Notes

Publishing author : Stapf Publication : in Prain, Fl. Trop. Afr. xi. II. 343 1917 Publishing author: Woltz Publication: in Trav. Lab. For. Toulouse Tome I. viii. Art. II. 6; et in Bull . Soc. Bot. France, cxvi. 349 (1970) 1969 Publishing author: Kuntze Publication: Revis. Gen. Pl. (1891) 800 Publishing author: de Laub. Publication: J. Arnold Arbor . 1. 359 (1969) Basionym author: (Thunb.) Basionym: Podocarpaceae Podocarpus gaussenii WoltzBasionym author: (Woltz) Publishing author: Mirb. Publication: M?moires du Mus?um d'Histoire Naturelles 13 1825 Basionym author: (Thunb.)Name verified on

Place of publication: Notes Roy. Bot. Gard. Edinburgh 45:383. 1989 ("1988") "falcata"

Name verified on 15-Nov-1995 by ARS Systematic Botanists. Last updated: 25-Feb-2002

Similar Species

Members of the genus Afrocarpus

ZipcodeZoo has pages for 9 species, subspecies, varieties, forms, and cultivars in this genus:

A. (J.Buchholz · A. dawei · A. falcata · A. falcatus (Outeniqua Yellowwood) · A. gaussenii · A. gracilior (East African Yellowwood) · A. gracillima · A. mannii · A. usambarensis

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Further Reading

• Agroforest. Today 6:11.
• Boutelje, J. B. 1980. Encyclopedia of world timbers, names and technical literature. (Ency WTimber) [= Podocarpus gracilior].
• Farjon, A. 1998. World checklist and bibliography of conifers. (L Conifers)
• Farjon, A. 2001. World Checklist and Bibliograpy of Conifers. 2nd edition. The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
• George, A. S., ed. 1980–. Flora of Australia, new ed. (F Aust)
• Krüssmann, G. (1972a): Handbuch der Nadelgehölze, Berlin, Hamburg: Parey
• Krüssmann, G. (1972a): Handbuch der Nadelgehölze, Berlin, Hamburg: Parey
• Teketay, D. 1993. Problems associated with raising trees from seeds. In Restoration of tropical ecosystems. 95. [= Podocarpus gracilior].
• Cheng Wan-chün, Fu Li-kuo & Chao Chi-son. 1978. Podocarpaceae. In: Cheng Wan-chün & Fu Li-kuo, eds., Fl. Reipubl. Popularis Sin. 7: 398-422.

Notes

Contributors

• Bisby FA, Roskov YR, Orrell TM, Nicolson D, Paglinawan LE, Bailly N, Kirk PM, Bourgoin T, van Hertum J, eds (2008). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2008 Annual Checklist Taxonomic Classification. CD-ROM; Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
• Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-2005. Systema Naturae 2000. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. [http://sn2000.taxonomy.nl/Taxonomicon/]. Access date: Nov 23, 2005
• Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-2006. Systema Naturae 2000. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Accessed November 1, 2006.
• Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-2007. Systema Naturae 2000. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Accessed March 24, 2007.
• Conifer Database
• Conifer Specialist Group 1998. Afrocarpus gaussenii. In: IUCN 2006. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 21 October 2006.
• Conifer Specialist Group 1998. In IUCN 2008. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCNRedList.org. Downloaded July 19, 2008.
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed February 28, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 3 providers.
• The International Plant Names Index. Accessed Jan 19, 2007.
• USDA, ARS, National Genetic Resources Program. Germplasm Resources Information Network - (GRIN) [Online Database]. National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland. URL (April 24, 2008)
• USDA, NRCS. 2005. The PLANTS Database, Version 3.5 (http://plants.usda.gov). National Plant Data Center, Baton Rouge, LA 70874-4490 USA.

Data Sources

Accessed through GBIF Data Portal February 28, 2008:

• Instituto Nacional de Biodiversidad (Costa Rica): Biodiversidad de Costa Rica
• Missouri Botanical Garden
• National Herbarium of New South Wales: NSW herbarium collection

Identifiers

• Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 3497434
• Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: Con-1742
• GRIN Nomen Number: 403361
• IUCN ID: 42438
• U.S.D.A. Plant Symbol: AFFA
• Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 14699

Footnotes

1. Liguo Fu, Yong Li & Robert R. Mill "Podocarpaceae". in Flora of China Vol. 4 Page 78. Published by Science Press (Beijing) and Missouri Botanical Garden Press. Online at EFloras.org. [back]

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