Podocarpus atjehensis

• Description
• Taxonomy
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• Further Reading
• Notes

Description

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.[1]

Habitat

Ecology: "In local forest populations, probably on poor soils, … at 2,500 to 3,300 m , near Wissel Lakes at 1,800 m. " (de Laubenfels 1988).


List of Habitats :1.9Forest - Subtropical/Tropical Moist Montane

Taxonomy

Unambiguous Synonyms

1. Margbensonia atjehense (Wasscher) A. V. Bobrov & Melikyan
2. Podocarpus Neriifolius Atjehensis
3. Podocarpus neriifolius var. atjehensis Wasscher

Notes

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

• De Laubenfels, D.J. 1988. Coniferales. Flora Malesiana series I - spermatophyta, flowering plants 10(3).
• Farjon, A. et al. 1998. Data collection forms for conifer species completed by the IUCN/SSC Conifer Specialist Group between 1996 and 1998.
• Farjon, A., Page, C.N. and Schellevis, N. 1993. A preliminary world list of threatened conifer taxa. Biodiversity and Conservation 2: 304-326.
• Oldfield, S., Lusty, C. and MacKinven, A. (compilers) 1998. The World List of Threatened Trees. World Conservation Press, Cambridge, UK.
• de Laubenfels, D.J. 1988. Coniferales. Flora Malesiana series I - spermatophyta, flowering plants 10(3).
• 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

• Bachman, S. (RBG Kew), Farjon, A. (RBG Kew), Gardner, M. (RBG Edinburgh), Thomas, P. (RBG Edinburgh), Luscombe, D. (Forestry Comm. Bedgebury) & Reynolds, C. (Forestry Comm. Bedgebury) 2007. In IUCN 2008. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCNRedList.org. Downloaded July 19, 2008.
• 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 & 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.
• The International Plant Names Index. Accessed Jan 19, 2007.

Identifiers

• Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 7144343
• Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: Con-4463
• Globally Unique Identifier: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:915376-1
• International Plant Names Index (IPNI) ID: 915376-1
• IUCN ID: 34158
• Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 883701

Footnotes

1. "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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