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Podocarpus pilgeri

Description

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Family Taxaceae

Trees or shrubs evergreen , dioecious or rarely monoecious. Leaves spirally arranged or decussate, linear or lanceolate, abaxial surface with 1 stomatal band on each side of prominent or inconspicuous midvein , resin canal present or absent. Pollen cones solitary in leaf or bract axils, or aggregated into spikelike complexes apically on branches; microsporophylls numerous ; pollen sacs 3-9, radially arranged or on outer side of microsporophyll and then with distinct adaxial and abaxial surfaces; pollen nonsaccate. Seed-bearing structures solitary or paired in axils of leaves or bracts, pedunculate or sessile, with several overlapping or decussate bracts at base ; ovule solitary, borne at apex of floral axis, erect . Seed sessile or pedunculate, drupelike or nutlike, partially enclosed in a succulent, saccate or cupular aril, or completely enclosed within aril; female gametophyte tissue abundant. Cotyledons 2. Germination epigeal, hypogeal in Torreya.

Five genera and 21 species; mainly N hemisphere (except Austrotaxus R. H. Compton: New Caledonia) ; four genera (one endemic) and 11 species (five endemic, one introduced ) 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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Unambiguous Synonyms

  1. Podocarpus celebicus Warb.
  2. Podocarpus pilgeri var. thailandensis Gaussen
  3. Podocarpus schlechteri Pilg.
  4. Podocarpus tixieri Gaussen
  5. Podocarpus wangii C. C. Chang

Notes

Publishing author : Pilg. Publication : Bot. Jahrb. Syst. liv. 209 (1916) Publishing author: H.Gaussen Publication: in Trav. Lab. Forest . Toulouse, tome 2, sect. 1, vol. 1(2), chap. 21: 155, 210(1976) Publishing author: H.Gaussen Publication: in Trav. Lab. Forest. Toulouse, tome 2, sect. 1, vol. 1(2), chap. 21: 185, 204(1976), without type Publishing author: Chang Publication: in Sunyatsenia, vi. 26 (1941). Name Status: Accepted Name . Latest taxonomic scrutiny: Farjon A., 11-Jan-2006

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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Data Sources

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Footnotes

  1. Liguo Fu, Nan Li & Robert R. Mill "Taxaceae". in Flora of China Vol. 4 Page 89. 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: 7/2/2009