Podocarpus neriifolius

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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]

Subfamily Coliadinae

Sulphurs are members of the Family Pieridae. In North America, sulphurs range from Mexico to northern Canada. Females of most species are distinctly different from males. Some species are mud-puddlers and will collect around muddy pools on dirt roads. Sulphurs overwinter as larvae.

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]

Biology

Diet

[Migration]

Taxonomy

Unambiguous Synonyms

1. Margbensonia neriifolia (D. Don) A. V. Bobrov and Melikyan
2. Nageia discolor (Blume) Kuntze
3. Nageia endlicheriana (Carrière) Kuntze
4. Nageia leptostachya (Blume) Kuntze
5. Nageia neglecta (Blume) Kuntze
6. Nageia neriifolia (D. Don) Kuntze
7. Podocarpus decipiens N. E. Gray
8. Podocarpus discolor Blume
9. Podocarpus endlicherianus Carrière
10. Podocarpus junghuhnianus Miq.
11. Podocarpus leptostachyus Blume
12. Podocarpus macrophyllus var. acuminatissima E. Pritz.
13. Podocarpus neglectus Blume
14. Podocarpus neriifolius var. decipiens (N. E. Gray) Silba
15. Podocarpus neriifolius var. linearis Wasscher
16. Podocarpus neriifolius var. membranaceus Wasscher
17. Podocarpus neriifolius var. penibukanensis Silba
18. Podocarpus neriifolius var. polyanthus Wasscher
19. Podocarpus neriifolius var. staintonii Silba
20. Podocarpus polyanthus (Wasscher) Gaussen

Notes

Publishing author : Kuntze Publication : Revis. Gen. Pl. (1891) 800 Basionym : Podocarpaceae Podocarpus neriifoliusBasionym author: (D.Don) Publishing author: Silba Publication: in J. Int. Conifer Preserv. Soc., 7(1): 36 (2000) 2000 Publishing author: Silba Publication: in J. Int. Conifer Preserv. Soc., 7(1): 34 (2000) 2000 Basionym: Podocarpaceae Podocarpus decipiensBasionym author: (N.E.Gray)

Name Status: Accepted Name . Latest taxonomic scrutiny: Farjon A., 11-Jan-2006

Similar Species

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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Further Reading

• Farjon, A. 2001. World Checklist and Bibliograpy of Conifers. 2nd edition. The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
• Judd, W.S., Campbell, C.S., Kellog, E.A. and Donoghue, M.J. (2002): Plant Systematics: a phylogenetic approach, Sinauer, Sunderland, Mass.
• Just's botanischer jahresbericht. Systematisch geordnetes repertorium der botanischen literatur aller länder. Berlin, Gebr. Borntraeger, 1874-98; GER url p. 2, p. 820.
• Wochenschrift des Vereines zur Befrderung des Gartenbaues in den Kniglich Preussischen Staaten fr Grtnerei und Pflanzenkunde. Berlin, Wiegandt and Hempel [etc.] GER url p. 323.

Notes

Contributors

• Bisby, F.A., Y.R. Roskov, M.A. Ruggiero, T.M. Orrell, L.E. Paglinawan, P.W. Brewer, N. Bailly, J. van Hertum, eds (2007). Species 2000 and ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2007 Annual Checklist. Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
• Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-2006. Systema Naturae 2000. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Accessed November 1, 2006.
• Conifer Database 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 December 12, 2007. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 2 providers.
• The International Plant Names Index. Accessed Jan 19, 2007.

Data Sources

Accessed through GBIF Data Portal December 15, 2007:

• Australian National Herbarium
• , Australian National Herbarium
• GBIF-Spain, Jardín Botánico de Córdoba: Herbarium COA
• Herbarium of the University of Aarhus, The AAU Herbarium Database
• Missouri Botanical Garden, Missouri Botanical Garden
• National Herbarium of New South Wales, NSW herbarium collection
• National Herbarium of New South Wales, Plants of Papua New Guinea

Identifiers

• Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 1584254
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 14376784
• International Plant Names Index (IPNI) ID: 263545-1
• IUCN ID: 42521
• Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 883834

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]

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