Retrophyllum minus

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Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Araucariales
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Diaphoretickes Cladus: CAM Cladus: Archaeplastida Regnum: Plantae Divisio: Tracheophyta Divisio: Pinophyta Classis: Pinopsida Subclassis: Cupressidae Ordo: Araucariales

Familia: Podocarpaceae
Genus: Retrophyllum
Species: Retrophyllum minus

Name

Retrophyllum minus (Carrière) C.N.Page, Notes Roy. Bot. Gard. Edinburgh 45: 380 (1989) [1988 publ. 1989].

Synonyms

• Basionym
  • Nageia minor Carrière, Traité Gén. Conif., ed. 2: 641 (1867).
• Homotypic
  • Podocarpus minus (Carrière) Parl. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 16(2): 509 (1868).
  • Decussocarpus minus (Carrière) de Laub., J. Arnold Arbor. 50: 346 (1969).
• Heterotypic
  • Podocarpus palustris J.Buchholz, Bull. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat., sér. 2, 21: 284 (1949).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Continental: Pacific Regional: Southwestern Pacific New Caledonia. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Page, C.N. 1989. New and maintained genera in the conifer families Podocarpaceae and Pinaceae. Notes from the Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh 45(2): 377–395. DOI: 10.24823/nrbge.1989.3534 Reference page. 

Additional references

• Farjon, A. 2010. A Handbook of the World's Conifers. 2 vols., pp. 1–526 + 527–1111, Koninklijke Brill, Leiden, Boston. ISBN 978-90-04-17718-5. Reference page. 
• Mill, R.R. 2016. A monographic revision of Retrophyllum (Podocarpaceae). Edinburgh Journal of Botany 73(2): 171–261. DOI: 10.1017/S0960428616000081 Reference page. 

Links

• International Plant Names Index. 2026. 15. Published online. Accessed: February 2026. Reference page.
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2019. Retrophyllum minus in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2019 Oct 30. Reference page. 
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Retrophyllum minus in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 08-Apr-12. Reference page. 
• IUCN: Retrophyllum minus (Carrière) C.N.Page  (Endangered)

Vernacular names

• English: New Caledonia retrophyllum
• français: Bois bouchon
• 中文: 小扭叶杉

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