Dacrycarpus

Dacrycarpus
Dacrycarpus dacrydioides
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Gymnospermae
Division: Pinophyta
Class: Pinopsida
Order: Araucariales
Family: Podocarpaceae
Genus: Dacrycarpus
(Endlicher) de Laubenfels
Type species
Dacrycarpus dacrydioides
Species
Synonyms
  • Bracteocarpus Bobrov & Melikian
  • Laubenfelsia Bobrov & Melikian

Dacrycarpus is a genus of conifers belonging to the family Podocarpaceae.[2] The genus includes nine species of dioecious evergreen trees and shrubs to 55–60 metres (180–197 ft) in height.[3]

  1. ^ 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."
  2. ^ 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
  3. ^ James E. Eckenwalder. 2009. Conifers of the World. Timber Press: Portland, OR, USA. ISBN 978-0-88192-974-4.