''Podocarpus celatus'' is a species of
conifer in the family
Podocarpaceae
Podocarpaceae is a large family of mainly Southern Hemisphere conifers, known in English as podocarps, comprising about 156 species of evergreen trees and shrubs.James E. Eckenwalder. 2009. ''Conifers of the World''. Portland, Oregon: Timber Pr ...
. It is found in the
Amazon rainforest.
Description
Trees 10–25 m high; with narrowly elliptic or oblong leaves, 5–15 cm long and 1–2 cm wide; male cones 2–3 cm long; seeds 5–6 mm long.
Distribution and habitat
''Podocarpus celatus'' grows in lowland rainforests and low montane rainforests between 130 m and 1400 m of elevation in
Brazil
Brazil ( pt, Brasil; ), officially the Federative Republic of Brazil (Portuguese: ), is the largest country in both South America and Latin America. At and with over 217 million people, Brazil is the world's fifth-largest country by area ...
,
Colombia,
Peru
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, image_coat = Escudo nacional del Perú.svg
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, other_symbol_type = National seal
, national_motto = "Firm and Happy f ...
,
Ecuador
Ecuador ( ; ; Quechua: ''Ikwayur''; Shuar: ''Ecuador'' or ''Ekuatur''), officially the Republic of Ecuador ( es, República del Ecuador, which literally translates as "Republic of the Equator"; Quechua: ''Ikwadur Ripuwlika''; Shuar: ' ...
,
Venezuela
Venezuela (; ), officially the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela ( es, link=no, República Bolivariana de Venezuela), is a country on the northern coast of South America, consisting of a continental landmass and many islands and islets in th ...
and
Bolivia.
Ecology
This species grows on poor soil types: lateritic, sandstone and white sand.
References
External links
Herbarium sheet with branch collected in Peru (1)Herbarium sheet with branch collected in Peru (2)
celatus
Least concern plants
Trees of Bolivia
Trees of Peru
Trees of Venezuela
Trees of Ecuador
Trees of Colombia
Trees of Brazil
Taxonomy articles created by Polbot
Taxa named by David John de Laubenfels
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