Dacrydium (Plantae)

Dacrydium cupressinum Rimu
Dacrydium cupressinum

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Pinales 

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Divisio: Tracheophyta
Divisio: Pinophyta
Classis: Pinopsida
Ordo: Pinales

Familia: Podocarpaceae
Genus: Dacrydium
Species: D. araucarioides D. balansae D. beccarii D. comosum D. cornwallianum D. cupressinum D. elatum D. ericoides D. gibbsiae D. gracile D. guillauminii D. leptophyllum D. lycopodioides D. magnum D. medium D. nausoriense D. nidulum D. novoguineense D. pectinatum D. spathoides D. xanthandrum

Nothospecies: D. × suprinii 

Paleospecies: †D. microphyllum D. waimumuensis

Name

Dacrydium Sol. ex G.Forst., Pl. Esc. 80 (1786).

Synonyms

  • Homotypic
    • Dacrydium Sol. ex Lamb., Descr. Pinus [Lambert] 1(2): 93 (1806), isonym.
  • Heterotypic
    • Corneria A.V.Bobrov & Melikyan, Bot. Zhurn. (Moscow & Leningrad) 85(7): 62 (2000).
    • Gaussenia A.V.Bobrov & Melikyan, Bot. Zhurn. (Moscow & Leningrad) 85(7): 62 (2000).
    • Metadacrydium Baum.-Bod. ex Melikyan & A.V.Bobrov, Bot. Zhurn. (Moscow & Leningrad) 85(7): 63 (2000).

Homonyms

  • Dacrydium Link, 1809, nom. illeg. = synonym of Paramyrothecium L.Lombard & Crous (Pezizomycotina)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
  • Continental: Asia-Temperate
    • Regional: China
      • Hainan, China Southeast.
  • Continental: Asia-Tropical
    • Regional: Indo-China
      • Cambodia, Laos, Thailand, Vietnam.
    • Regional: Malesia
      • Borneo, Lesser Sunda Islands, Malaya, Maluku, Philippines, Sulawesi, Sumatera.
    • Regional: Papuasia
      • Bismarck Archipelago, New Guinea, Solomon Islands.
  • Continental: Australasia
    • Regional: New Zealand
      • New Zealand North, New Zealand South.
  • Continental: Pacific
    • Regional: Southwestern Pacific
      • Fiji, New Caledonia.

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

Additional references

  • Jordan, G.J., Carpenter, R.J.B., Bannister, J.M.C., Lee, D.E.D, Mildenhall, D.C.E. & Hill, R.S. 2011. High conifer diversity in Oligo-Miocene New Zealand. Australian Systematic Botany, 24(2): 121–136. DOI: 10.1071/SB11004 Reference page. 
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