Falcatifolium taxoides

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Podocarpaceae
Genus: Falcatifolium
Species: Falcatifolium taxoides

Name

Falcatifolium taxoides (Brongn. & Gris) de Laub., J. Arnold Arbor. 50: 310. (1969)

Synonyms

• Basionym
  • Dacrydium taxoides Brongn. & Gris, Bull. Soc. Bot. France 13: 427 (1866)
• Homotypic
  • Nageia taxoides (Brongn. & Gris) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 800 (1891)
• Heterotypic
  • Podocarpus taxodioides Carrière, Traité Gén. Conif., ed. 2: 657 (1867)
  • Podocarpus taxodioides var. gracilis Carrière, Traité Gén. Conif., ed. 2: 658 (1867)
  • Pinus falciformis Parl. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 16(2): 685 (1868)
    

Note: Root host to the unique coniferous facultative parasite Parasitaxus usta de Laub. Fl. Nouv.-Calédonie & Dépend. 4: 44. (1972) Field & Brodribb (2005)

References

• de Laubenfels, D.J. 1969. Journal of the Arnold Arboretum 50: 310.
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2021. Falcatifolium taxoides in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2021 Mar. 12. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2021. Falcatifolium taxoides. Published online. Accessed: Jan. 2 2021.
• Tropicos.org 2021. Falcatifolium taxoides. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 12 Mar. 2021.
• Feild, T.S. & Brodribb, T.J. 2005. A unique mode of parasitism in the conifer coral tree Parasitaxus ustus (Podocarpaceae). Plant, Cell & Environment 28(10): 1316–1325. DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3040.2005.01378.x