Lepidothamnus
Genus of conifers
title: "Lepidothamnus" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["podocarpaceae", "podocarpaceae-genera"] description: "Genus of conifers" topic_path: "general/podocarpaceae" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lepidothamnus" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0
::summary Genus of conifers ::
| image = Lepidothamnus laxifolius kz9.jpg | image_caption = Lepidothamnus laxifolius | taxon = Lepidothamnus | authority = Phil. | type_species = Lepidothamnus fonkii | type_species_authority = Phil. | subdivision_ranks = Species | subdivision =
Lepidothamnus is a genus of conifers belonging to the podocarp family Podocarpaceae. The genus includes three species of dioecious or monoecious evergreen trees and shrubs, and creepers. L. intermedius and L. laxifolius are native to New Zealand. L. fonkii is native to the Magellanic subpolar forests ecoregion of southern Argentina and Chile, where it grows as a low shrub or creeper in moorlands and bogs.
Phylogeny
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References
References
- (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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