Podocarpus idenburgensis
| Podocarpus idenburgensis | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Gymnospermae |
| Division: | Pinophyta |
| Class: | Pinopsida |
| Order: | Araucariales |
| Family: | Podocarpaceae |
| Genus: | Podocarpus |
| Species: | P. idenburgensis
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| Binomial name | |
| Podocarpus idenburgensis N.E.Gray (1958)
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Podocarpus idenburgensis is a species of conifer in the family Podocarpaceae. It is a tree native to Papuasia (New Guinea, the Bismarck Archipelago, and the Solomon Islands) and Fiji.[1]
It is a large tree, growing up to 40 meters in the forest canopy. It grows in mountain rainforests from low elevations to 1,650 meters, most commonly at middle elevations.[2]
It belongs to the P. neriifolius group, and specimens were previously identified as P. neriifolius. De Laubenfels identified the eastern populations from New Guinea to Fiji as P. idenburgensis, distinguished by narrow, acute leaves, with P. neriifolius ranging from the Philippines and Sulawesi westwards to mainland southeast Asia as far as Nepal.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ Podocarpus idenburgensis N.E.Gray. Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 9 January 2024.
- ^ a b David J. de Laubenfels "New Sections and Species of Podocarpus Based on the Taxonomic Status of P. neriifolius (Podocarpaceae) in Tropical Asia," Novon: A Journal for Botanical Nomenclature 24(2), 133-152, (22 September 2015). https://doi.org/10.3417/2012091