Dacrydium
Genus of conifers
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::summary Genus of conifers ::
| fossil_range = Cretaceous-Recent (Late Cretaceous-Holocene), | image = Juvenile rimu.jpg | taxon = Dacrydium | authority = Lamb. | type_species = Dacrydium cupressinum | type_species_authority = Solander ex Forster | subdivision_ranks = Species | subdivision = See text. | synonyms=
- Corneria Bobrov & Melikian non Furtado
- Gaussenia Bobrov & Melikian
- Metadacrydium Baum.-Bod. ex Melikian & Bobrov
Dacrydium is a genus of conifers belonging to the podocarp family Podocarpaceae. Sixteen species of evergreen dioecious trees and shrubs are presently recognized. The genus was first described by Solander in 1786, and formerly included many more species, which were divided into sections A, B, and C by Florin in 1931. The revisions of de Laubenfels and Quinn (see references), reclassified the former section A as the new genus Falcatifolium, divided Section C into new genera Lepidothamnus, Lagarostrobos and Halocarpus, and retained Section B as genus Dacrydium.
Species
, Plants of the World Online accepted twenty one species: |1={{clade |1=D. cupressinum Solander ex Forster (rimu, red pine) |2={{clade |1={{clade |1=D. balansae Brongniart & Gris |2={{clade |1=D. nausoriense de Laubenfels |2={{clade |1={{clade |1=D. araucarioides Brongniart & Gris |2=D. nidulum de Laubenfels |2={{clade |1=D. guillauminii Buchholz (Cat-tail Rimu) |2=D. lycopodioides Brongniart & Gris |2={{clade |1={{clade |1={{clade |1=D. elatum (Roxburgh) Wallich ex Hooker |2=D. pectinatum de Laubenfels |2={{clade |1=D. magnum de Laubenfels |2=D. xanthandrum Pilger |2={{clade |1=D. gibbsiae Stapf |2={{clade |1=D. beccarii Parlatore |2={{clade |1=D. comosum Corner |2=D. gracile de Laubenfels
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| Image | Scientific name | Distribution |
|---|---|---|
| [[File:Dacrydium araucarioides Tomah.jpg | 120px]] | Dacrydium araucarioides |
| [[File:Dacrydium balansae.JPG | 120px]] | Dacrydium balansae |
| [[File:Podocarpaceae (Dacrydium beccarii) (15742645126).jpg | 120px]] | Dacrydium beccarii |
| Dacrydium comosum | Peninsular Malaysia | |
| [[File:Dacrydium cupressinum 3.jpg | 120px]] | Dacrydium cupressinum |
| Dacrydium cornwalliana | Indonesia, Papua New Guinea | |
| [[File:Gardenology.org-IMG 7513 qsbg11mar.jpg | 120px]] | Dacrydium elatum |
| Dacrydium ericoides | Malaysia | |
| [[File:Dacrydium gibbsiae - Shawn O'Donnell - 17505260.jpeg | 120px]] | Dacrydium gibbsiae |
| Dacrydium gracile | Malaysia | |
| Dacrydium guillauminii | New Caledonia | |
| Dacrydium leptophyllum | Indonesia | |
| Dacrydium lycopodioides | New Caledonia | |
| Dacrydium magnum | Indonesia, Papua New Guinea | |
| Dacrydium medium | Indonesia, Malaysia | |
| Dacrydium nausoriense | Fiji | |
| Dacrydium nidulum | Fiji, Indonesia, Papua New Guinea | |
| Dacrydium novo-guineense | Papua New Guinea | |
| Dacrydium pectinatum | Borneo, Hainan, Philippines, Sumatra | |
| Dacrydium spathoides | Indonesia | |
| Dacrydium xanthandrum | Indonesia, Malaysia, Papua New Guinea, Philippines | |
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Distribution
The natural range of Dacrydium extends from New Zealand, New Caledonia, Fiji and the Solomon Islands through Malesia (New Guinea, Indonesia, Malaysia and the Philippines), to Thailand and southern China.
References
- de Laubenfels, David J. 1969. A revision of the Melanesia and Pacific rainforest conifers, I. Podocarpaceae, in part. Journal of the Arnold Arboretum 50:274-314.
- Quinn, C.J. 1982. Taxonomy of Dacrydium Sol. ex Lamb. emend. de Laub. (Podocarpaceae). Australian Journal of Botany 30: 311-320.
References
- Dutra, Tânia Lindner. (2000). "Upper Cretaceous floras of King George Island, West Antarctica, and their palaeoenvironmental and phytogeographic implications". Cretaceous Research.
- (2012-10-01). "Plants of the World Online".
- (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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