''Dacrydium'' is a
genus of
conifer
Conifers are a group of conifer cone, cone-bearing Spermatophyte, seed plants, a subset of gymnosperms. Scientifically, they make up the phylum, division Pinophyta (), also known as Coniferophyta () or Coniferae. The division contains a single ...
s belonging to the podocarp family
Podocarpaceae. Sixteen species of
evergreen dioecious
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trees and
shrub
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s 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
''Falcatifolium'' is a genus of conifers of the family Podocarpaceae. The genus includes evergreen dioecious shrubs and large trees of up to . Five species are presently recognized. The genus was first described by de Laubenfels in 1969, and ...
'', divided Section C into new genera ''
Lepidothamnus
''Lepidothamnus'' is a genus of conifers belonging to the podocarp family Podocarpaceae. The genus includes three species of dioecious or monoecious evergreen trees and shrubs, and creepers. '' L. intermedius'' and '' L. laxifolius'' are nativ ...
,
Lagarostrobos'' and ''
Halocarpus'', and retained Section B as genus ''Dacrydium''.
Species
Distribution
The natural range of ''Dacrydium'' extends from
New Zealand,
New Caledonia
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Fiji
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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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Podocarpaceae genera
Dioecious plants