Sundacarpus

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Single-species genus of conifers

title: "Sundacarpus" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["podocarpaceae", "flora-of-queensland", "trees-of-malesia", "trees-of-new-guinea", "pinales-of-australia", "least-concern-flora-of-australia", "least-concern-biota-of-queensland", "podocarpaceae-genera", "monotypic-conifer-genera", "flora-of-the-borneo-montane-rain-forests"] description: "Single-species genus of conifers" topic_path: "technology/web" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sundacarpus" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary Single-species genus of conifers ::

| image = Sundacarpus amarus RBG Sydney.jpg | image_caption = Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney | status = LC | status_system = IUCN3.1 | status_ref = | genus = Sundacarpus | parent_authority = (J.Buchholz & N.E.Gray) C.N.Page | species = amarus | authority = (Blume) C.N.Page

Sundacarpus is a genus of conifers containing a single species Sundacarpus amarus, belonging to the family Podocarpaceae. Sundacarpus was designated a genus by C.N.Page in 1989; formerly it had been classified variously as a species of Podocarpus or of Prumnopitys. In Australia it is treated as Prumnopitys amara (Blume) de Laub.

Description

Sundacarpus amarus is a large evergreen tree, 10 - in height, with a trunk from 12 - in diameter. The leaves are 5 - long and narrow.

Distribution and habitat

Sundacarpus amarus is native to parts of Australia and Malesia. In Australia, the genus is found only in Queensland, primarily on the Atherton Tableland and adjacent parts of northeastern coastal Queensland. It is quite common in New Guinea, New Britain, and New Ireland, where it is often found in montane forests together with southern beech (Nothofagus). Sundacarpus amarus is also found on the Indonesian islands of Buru, Halmahera, Morotai, Sulawesi, Lombok, Flores, Timor, Sumbawa, Java, Sumatra, in Sabah province on the island of Borneo and on Mindanao and Luzon in the Philippines.

References

  • de Laubenfels, D. J. (1988). Coniferales. pp. 337–453 in Flora Malesiana, Series I, Vol. 10. Dordrecht: Kluwer Academic.
  • Page, C. N. (1989). New and maintained genera in the conifer families Podocarpaceae and Pinaceae. Notes of the Royal Botanical Garden Edinburgh 45 (2): 377–395.

References

  1. Farjon, A.. (2013). "''Sundacarpus amarus''". [[The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species]].
  2. (2025). "''Sundacarpus'' (J.Buchholz & N.E.Gray) C.N.Page". Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  3. "''Prumnopitys amara''". Centre for Australian National Biodiversity Research, [[Australian Government]].
  4. (2020). "''Prumnopitys amara''". Centre for Australian National Biodiversity Research (CANBR), [[Australian Government]].

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