Retrophyllum

Retrophyllum
Retrophyllum rospigliosii
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Gymnospermae
Division: Pinophyta
Class: Pinopsida
Order: Araucariales
Family: Podocarpaceae
Genus: Retrophyllum
C.N.Page[1]
Type species
Retrophyllum vitiense
Species

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Synonyms[2]
  • Decussocarpus de Laub.

Retrophyllum is a genus of conifers in the family Podocarpaceae.[3] It contains five generally recognized extant species with a disjunct distribution in the Southern Hemisphere, found in Papuasia and also in South America.[1][4][5] Retrophyllum are evergreen trees typically occurring in tropical rainforests and cloud forests.

  1. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference farjon was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ "Retrophyllum". Germplasm Resources Information Network. Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture. Retrieved 24 October 2024.
  3. ^ 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
  4. ^ Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  5. ^ James E. Eckenwalder. 2009. Conifers of the World. Timber Press: Portland, OR, USA. ISBN 978-0-88192-974-4.