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 Falcatifolium taxoides

Common Names

Taxonomic notes

Syn: Dacrydium taxoides Brongniart and Grisebach, Podocarpus taxoides (1).

Description

"A shrub of conical habit or a tree up to [15 m] high. Young shoots purple in colour. LEAVES alternate, but appearing more or less in two opposite rows, oblong-lanceolate, slightly curved, acute or sub-acute at the apex. MALE STROBILI in axillary or terminal spikes. SEED ovoid, laterally compressed" (2).

Range

New Caledonia (1).

Big Tree

Oldest

Dendrochronology

Ethnobotany

Observations

Remarks

Citations

(1) Silba 1986.
(2) Dallimore & Jackson 1967.

See also: Compton. 1922. J. Linn. Soc. 427.


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This page is from the Gymnosperm Database
URL: http://www.geocities.com/RainForest/Canopy/2285/po/fa/taxoides.htm
Edited by Christopher J. Earle
E-mail:earlecj@earthlink.net
Last modified on 21-Dec-98

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