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Podocarpus ferruginea

Description

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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]

Genus Podocarpus

Trees or shrubs evergreen , dioecious. Leaves spirally arranged to subopposite, ± monomorphic , juvenile leaves similar to adult leaves in shape but often larger and/or wider, linear , lanceolate, or ovate-elliptic, more than 5 mm, with single, obvious, often raised midvein on 1 or both surfaces, stomatal lines present on abaxial surface. Pollen cone complexes axillary , solitary or clustered, pedunculate or sessile; microsporophylls numerous , spirally arranged; microsporangia 2; pollen 2-saccate. Seed-bearing structures usually borne in leaf axils (rarely terminal ), solitary (rarely more than 1) ; apical bracts fertile ; basal bracts often fused to form a receptacle (obsolete in some species) ; ovule 1 (rarely few), inverted . Epimatium wholly enveloping seed, sometimes colored and succulent. Seed ripening in 1st year, drupelike, dry, or leathery.

About 100 species: tropical and subtropical regions worldwide, also temperate regions in S hemisphere; seven species (three endemic) in China.[2]

Taxonomy

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Notes

Publishing author : G.Benn. ex D.Don Publication : in Lamb. Gen. Pin. ed. II. (1832) ii. [189].

Similar Species

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Members of the genus Podocarpus

ZipcodeZoo has pages for 387 species, subspecies, varieties, forms, and cultivars in this genus. Here are just 100 of them:

P. acicularis · P. acuminatus · P. acuminatus de · P. acutifolia · P. acutifolius (Sharp-Leaved Yellow-Wood) · P. acutifolius 'Golden Lad' · P. affinis · P. agathifolia · P. alba · P. alpina · P. alpina 'Blue Gem' · P. alpina 'Bronce Form' · P. alpinus (Tasmanian Podocarp) · P. amara · P. amarus · P. andina · P. angustifolia · P. angustifolius · P. angustifolius Griseb. var. wrightii Pilg. · P. annamiensis · P. antarctica · P. antillarum · P. antillarus · P. appressa · P. aracensis · P. aracensis de · P. archboldii · P. argotaenia · P. aristulata · P. aristulatus · P. aspleniifolia · P. atjehensis · P. aurea · P. 'Autumn Shades' · P. barretoi · P. barretoi de · P. beecherae · P. bidwillii · P. 'Blaze' · P. borneensis · P. borneensis de · P. bracteata · P. bracteatus · P. brasiliensis · P. brasiliensis de · P. brassii · P. brassii var. brassii · P. brassii var. humilis · P. brevifolius · P. buchholtzii · P. buchholzii · P. buchholzii de · P. caesia · P. caespitosa · P. caespitosus · P. canaliculata · P. capuronii · P. capuronii de · P. celatus · P. celebica · P. chilena · P. chilina · P. chinensis · P. chinensis var. chinensis · P. chinensis var. wardii · P. chingianus · P. 'Chocolate Box' · P. cinctus · P. colliculatus · P. colombianus · P. compacta · P. confertus · P. confertus de · P. coreana · P. coriacea · P. coriaceus (Yucca Plum Pine) · P. corralensis · P. corrugatus · P. costalis · P. costalis var. muroii · P. costaricensis · P. costaricensis de · P. 'County Park Fire' (Podocarp) · P. 'County Park Treasure' · P. crassifolius · P. crassigemmis · P. crassigemmis de · P. cunninghamii · P. cunninghamii 'Kiwi' · P. cunninghamii 'Roro' · P. cunninghamii × nivalis · P. cupressina · P. cupressinus · P. curvifolia · P. curvifolius · P. cuspidata · P. dacrydioides · P. decumbens · P. deflexus · P. degeneri

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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]
  2. "Podocarpus". in Flora of China Vol. 4 Page 81. Published by Science Press (Beijing) and Missouri Botanical Garden Press. Online at EFloras.org. [back]
Last Revised: 2009-07-03