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).

• Type species: Dacrydium cupressinum 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

• Forster, G. 1786. De Plantis Esculentis Insularum Oceani Australis Commentatio Botanica. Berolini [Berlin]: apud Haude et Spener. BHL Reference page. 

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. 

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2023. Dacrydium in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2023 Aug 11. Reference page. 
• Tropicos.org 2023. Dacrydium. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 11 Aug 2023.
• International Plant Names Index. 2023. Dacrydium. Published online. Accessed: 11 Aug 2023.
• Hassler, M. 2023. World Plants. Synonymic Checklist and Distribution of the World Flora. (Dacrydium). Dacrydium (Plantae). Accessed: 11 Aug 2023.

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