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Podocarpus macrophyllus is a conifer in the genus Podocarpus, family Podocarpaceae. It is the northernmost species of the genus, native to southern Japan and southern and eastern China. Common names in English include yew plum pine, [2] Buddhist pine, fern pine and Japanese yew. [3] Kusamaki (クサマキ) and inumaki (犬槇) are Japanese ...
Podocarpus (/ ˌ p oʊ d ə ˈ k ɑːr p ə s / [2]) is a genus of conifers, the most numerous and widely distributed of the podocarp family, the Podocarpaceae. Podocarpus species are evergreen shrubs or trees , usually from 1 to 25 m (3 to 82 ft) tall, known to reach 40 m (130 ft) at times.
Nageia is a genus of conifers belonging to the podocarp family Podocarpaceae. [4] Nageia includes evergreen shrubs and trees, from one to 54 meters in height.A 2009 treatment of the genus recognized five species. [5]
Podocarpus macrophyllus's standard Japanese name is "INUMAKI". "INU" means dog. When it is used for plant name, it always means "useless". "MAKI" means some kind of conifer. The name "KUSAMAKI" is sometimes used, in daily life. "KUSA" means grass, so "KUSAMAKI" means "conifer with grass-like leaves".
Podocarpus gibbsiae is a species of conifer in the family Podocarpaceae. It is found only on Mount Kinabalu on the island of Borneo, in the Sabah state of Malaysia. It grows in montane mossy forests in the cloud forest belt from 1,200 to 2,400 metres elevation. It is confined to ultramafic soil derived from serpentinite and similar rocks.
Podocarpus neriifolius is a species of conifer in the family Podocarpaceae. It ranges from Nepal , eastern India , and Bangladesh through parts of Indochina ( Myanmar , Thailand , Cambodia , and Vietnam ) and Malesia ( Peninsular Malaysia , Sumatra , Borneo , Sulawesi , and the Philippines ).
Before the genus Prumnopitys was distinguished, it was treated in the related genus Podocarpus as Podocarpus ferrugineus. It grows up to 25 m high, with a trunk up to 1.3 m diameter. The leaves are linear to sickle-shaped, 15–25 mm long and 2–3 mm broad, with downcurved margins.
Podocarpus is derived from Greek, meaning ‘stalked fruit’. It was named in reference to the fleshy fruit stalks of some species. [2] Chinensis means ‘from China’, and is a cognate of ‘sinensis’. [2]