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Podocarpus glomeratus

Species of conifer

Summary

Species of conifer

  • Nageia glomerata (D. Don) Kuntze
  • Podocarpus cardenasii J. Buchholz & N.E. Gray
  • Podocarpus rigidus Klotzsch ex Endl.

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.

Description

Shrubs or trees up to 20 m. high, with dark brown bark. 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. 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.

Distribution and habitat

Podocarpus glomeratus is found in Bolivia, Ecuador and Peru at an altitudinal range between 1800 and 3600 m (in montane cloud forests). It is an indicator species of primary forest.

References

References

  1. Gardner, M.. (2013). "''Podocarpus glomeratus''".
  2. Reynel, Carlos. (2009). "Árboles de los Ecosistemas Forestales Andinos". ECOBONA.
  3. Buchholz, J.T.. (1948). "A taxonomic revision of Podocarpus---IV. The American species of section Eupodocarpus, subsection C and D". Journal of the Arnold Arboretum.
  4. Macbride, J.F.. (1937). "Flora of Peru". Field Museum of Natural History.
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