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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.
Podocarpaceae is a large family of mainly Southern Hemisphere conifers, known in English as podocarps, comprising about 156 species of evergreen trees and shrubs. [1] It contains 19 genera if Phyllocladus is included and Manoao and Sundacarpus are recognized.
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 ...
N. hallii — Podocarpus cunninghamii; N. insignis — Amentotaxus argotaenia; N. japonica (Siebold ex Endl.) Kuntze 1891 not Gaertn. 1788 - Podocarpus macrophyllus var. maki; N. kirkiana — Podocarpus acutifolius; N. koraiana — Cephalotaxus harringtonii; N. laeta — Podocarpus spinulosus; N. lambertii — Podocarpus lambertii; N. latifolia ...
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 imbricatus Blume (1827) Dacrycarpus imbricatus is a species of conifer in the family Podocarpaceae . It is found in Cambodia , southern China , Fiji , Indonesia , Laos , Malaysia , Papua New Guinea , the Philippines , Thailand , Vanuatu , and Vietnam .
Podocarpus parlatorei is an evergreen shrub or tree that grows up to 15 (occasionally 30) meters high. The trunk is straight and cylindrical and branches often grow from close to the ground. [ 4 ] The leaves are linear to falcate (sickle-shaped), straight, 2.5 to 9 cm (1.0 to 3.5 in) long, 2 to 3 mm (0.08 to 0.12 in) wide, with an acute pungent ...
Before the genus Prumnopitys was distinguished, it was treated in the related genus Podocarpus as Podocarpus andinus. It has also been treated by some botanists as Prumnopitys spicata (Molloy & Muñoz-Schick 1999); however this name is illegitimate (Mill & Quinn 2001). Prumnopitys elegans (Phil) is a synonym for Prumnopitys andina. [4]