Dacrycarpus
Genus of conifers
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::summary Genus of conifers ::
| image = Kahikatea.jpg | image_caption = Dacrycarpus dacrydioides | taxon = Dacrycarpus | authority = (Endlicher) de Laubenfels | type_species = Dacrycarpus dacrydioides | type_species_authority = (A. Richard) de Laubenfels | subdivision_ranks = Species | subdivision =
- †D. carpenterii
- D. cinctus
- D. compactus
- D. cumingii
- D. dacrydioides
- D. expansus
- D. imbricatus
- D. kinabaluensis
- D. steupii
- D. vieillardii | synonyms=
- Bracteocarpus Bobrov & Melikian
- Laubenfelsia Bobrov & Melikian
Dacrycarpus is a genus of conifers belonging to the family Podocarpaceae. The genus includes nine species of dioecious evergreen trees and shrubs to 55 - in height.
Species
The species of Dacrycarpus range from New Zealand and Fiji, across New Caledonia, New Guinea, Indonesia, Malaysia and the Philippines to northern Myanmar and southern China. The greatest diversity (five species) exists in New Guinea.
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| Image | Scientific name | Distribution |
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| Dacrycarpus cinctus | Indonesia and Papua New Guinea. | |
| Dacrycarpus compactus | Indonesia and Papua New Guinea. | |
| Dacrycarpus cumingii | Indonesia, Malaysia, and the Philippines. | |
| [[File:Kahikatea.jpg | 120px]] | Dacrycarpus dacrydioides |
| Dacrycarpus expansus | Papua New Guinea. | |
| [[File:Dacrycarpus imbricatus.JPG | 120px]] | Dacrycarpus imbricatus |
| Dacrycarpus kinabaluensis | Mount Kinabalu in Sabah, Malaysian Borneo. | |
| Dacrycarpus steupii | Indonesia. | |
| Dacrycarpus vieillardii | New Caledonia. | |
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References
References
- G. J. Jordan. 1995. Extinct conifers and conifer diversity in the Early Pleistocene of western Tasmania. ''Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology'' 84(3): 375-387. "Two new, extinct species of conifer are described from Early to possibly Middle [[Pleistocene]] sediments at Regatta Point, western Tasmania. ''Dacrycarpus carpenterii'' Jordan, sp. nov. (Podocarpaceae) has morphological similarities to extant ''D. dacrydioides'' from New Zealand."
- Christopher N. Page. 1990. "Podocarpaceae" pages 332-346. In: Klaus Kubitzki (general editor); Karl U. Kramer and Peter S. Green (volume editors) ''The Families and Genera of Vascular Plants'' volume I. Springer-Verlag: Berlin;Heidelberg, Germany. {{ISBN. 978-0-387-51794-0
- James E. Eckenwalder. 2009. ''Conifers of the World''. Timber Press: Portland, OR, USA. {{ISBN. 978-0-88192-974-4.
- (2021). "Gene duplications and phylogenomic conflict underlie major pulses of phenotypic evolution in gymnosperms". Nature Plants.
- (2021). "main.dated.supermatrix.tree.T9.tre". Figshare.
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