Acmopyle
Genus of conifers
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::summary Genus of conifers ::
|image = Acmopyle species.JPG |taxon = Acmopyle |authority = Pilg. |type_species =Acmopyle pancheri |type_species_authority = (Brongniart & Gris) Pilg. |subdivision_ranks = Species |subdivision = 2 – see text
Acmopyle is a genus of conifers belonging to the family Podocarpaceae. It includes two species of evergreen trees, each endemic to separate islands of the southwestern Pacific Ocean.
Accepted species
, Plants of the World Online accepts the following two species:
- Acmopyle pancheri (Brongn. & Gris) Pilg. – New Caledonia (endemic)
- Acmopyle sahniana Buchholz & N.E.Gray – Fiji (endemic)
References
- Hill, R.S. and Carpenter, R. 1991. Evolution of Acmopyle and Dacrycarpus (Podocarpaceae) foliage as inferred from macrofossils in south-eastern Australia. Australian Systematic Botany, 4: 449-79.
- de Laubenfels, David J. 1972. No. 4, Gymnospermes, in A. Aubréville and Jean-F. Leroy, eds., Flore de la Nouvelle-Calédonie et Dépendances. Paris: Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle.
- Pole, M.S., 1997. Miocene conifers from the Manuherikia Group, New Zealand. Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand, 27: 355-370.
- Vidakovic, Mirko. 1991. Conifers: morphology and variation. Translated from Croatian by Maja Soljan. Croatia: Graficki Zavod Hrvatske.
References
- (2025). "''Acmopyle'' Pilg.". Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
- (2025). "''Acmopyle'' Pilg.". [[Species 2000]] & [[Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
- (2025). "''Acmopyle'' Pilg., Das Pflanzenreich (Engler) 18: 117 (1903)". [[Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew]].
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