Dacrydium

Dacrydium is a genus of conifers belonging to the podocarp family Podocarpaceae. Sixteen species of evergreen dioecious trees and shrubs are presently recognized. The genus was first described by Solander in 1786, and formerly included many more species, which were divided into sections A, B, and C by Florin in 1931. The revisions of de Laubenfels and Quinn (see references), reclassified the former section A as the new genus Falcatifolium, divided Section C into new genera Lepidothamnus, Lagarostrobos and Halocarpus, and retained Section B as genus Dacrydium.

Dacrydium
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Division: Pinophyta
Class: Pinopsida
Order: Pinales
Family: Podocarpaceae
Genus: Dacrydium
Lamb.
Species

Dacrydium araucarioides
Dacrydium balansae
Dacrydium beccarii
Dacrydium comosum
Dacrydium cupressinum
Dacrydium cornwalliana
Dacrydium elatum
Dacrydium ericoides
Dacrydium gibbsiae
Dacrydium gracile
Dacrydium guillauminii
Dacrydium leptophyllum
Dacrydium lycopodioides
Dacrydium magnum
Dacrydium medium
Dacrydium nausoriense
Dacrydium nidulum
Dacrydium novo-guineense
Dacrydium pectinatum
Dacrydium spathoides
Dacrydium xanthandrum

Species

ImageScientific nameDistribution
Dacrydium araucarioidesNew Caledonia
Dacrydium balansaeNew Caledonia
Dacrydium beccariiIndonesia, Malaysia, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Solomon Islands
Dacrydium comosumPeninsular Malaysia
Dacrydium cupressinumNew Zealand
Dacrydium cornwallianaIndonesia, Papua New Guinea
Dacrydium elatumCambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Thailand, Vietnam
Dacrydium ericoidesMalaysia
Dacrydium gibbsiaeBorneo, Mount Kinabalu
Dacrydium gracileMalaysia
Dacrydium guillauminiiNew Caledonia
Dacrydium leptophyllumIndonesia
Dacrydium lycopodioidesNew Caledonia
Dacrydium magnumIndonesia, Papua New Guinea
Dacrydium mediumIndonesia, Malaysia
Dacrydium nausorienseFiji
Dacrydium nidulumFiji, Indonesia, Papua New Guinea
Dacrydium novo-guineensePapua New Guinea
Dacrydium pectinatumBorneo, Hainan, Philippines, Sumatra
Dacrydium spathoidesIndonesia
Dacrydium xanthandrumIndonesia, Malaysia, Papua New Guinea, Philippines

Distribution

The natural range of Dacrydium extends from New Zealand, New Caledonia, Fiji and the Solomon Islands through Malesia (New Guinea, Indonesia, Malaysia and the Philippines), to Thailand and southern China.

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References

    • de Laubenfels, David J. 1969. A revision of the Melanesia and Pacific rainforest conifers, I. Podocarpaceae, in part. Journal of the Arnold Arboretum 50:274-314.
    • Quinn, C.J. 1982. Taxonomy of Dacrydium Sol. ex Lamb. emend. de Laub. (Podocarpaceae). Australian Journal of Botany 30: 311-320.
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