Podocarpus glomeratus | |
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Near Cusco, Peru | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Gymnospermae |
Division: | Pinophyta |
Class: | Pinopsida |
Order: | Araucariales |
Family: | Podocarpaceae |
Genus: | Podocarpus |
Species: | P. glomeratus
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Binomial name | |
Podocarpus glomeratus | |
Synonyms | |
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Podocarpus glomeratus is a species of conifer tree in the family Podocarpaceae. It is native to the montane rainforests of Bolivia, Ecuador, and Peru; between 1800–3600 meters above sea level. [1]
Shrubs or trees up to 20 m. high, [2] with dark brown bark. [2] [3] Leaves are 2–5 cm. long, 2–4 mm. wide; rigid and almost erect, linear-lanceolate or sometimes almost falcate; light grayish green and shiny above, whitish beneath; the base narrowed into a very short petiole; the tip ending in a stiff pungent prickle. [2] [3] Pollen cones up to 6 mm. long, clustered in groups of 6 on slender peduncles 8–12 mm. long. Ovulate cones sessile or on peduncles up to 4 mm. long, with a receptacle 5–6 mm. long. Seed 5 mm. long, subglobose. [3] [4]
Podocarpus glomeratus is found in Bolivia, Ecuador and Peru at an altitudinal range between 1800 and 3600 m (in montane cloud forests). [2] It is an indicator species of primary forest. [2]
Podocarpus glomeratus | |
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Near Cusco, Peru | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Gymnospermae |
Division: | Pinophyta |
Class: | Pinopsida |
Order: | Araucariales |
Family: | Podocarpaceae |
Genus: | Podocarpus |
Species: | P. glomeratus
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Binomial name | |
Podocarpus glomeratus | |
Synonyms | |
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Podocarpus glomeratus is a species of conifer tree in the family Podocarpaceae. It is native to the montane rainforests of Bolivia, Ecuador, and Peru; between 1800–3600 meters above sea level. [1]
Shrubs or trees up to 20 m. high, [2] with dark brown bark. [2] [3] Leaves are 2–5 cm. long, 2–4 mm. wide; rigid and almost erect, linear-lanceolate or sometimes almost falcate; light grayish green and shiny above, whitish beneath; the base narrowed into a very short petiole; the tip ending in a stiff pungent prickle. [2] [3] Pollen cones up to 6 mm. long, clustered in groups of 6 on slender peduncles 8–12 mm. long. Ovulate cones sessile or on peduncles up to 4 mm. long, with a receptacle 5–6 mm. long. Seed 5 mm. long, subglobose. [3] [4]
Podocarpus glomeratus is found in Bolivia, Ecuador and Peru at an altitudinal range between 1800 and 3600 m (in montane cloud forests). [2] It is an indicator species of primary forest. [2]