Retrophyllum vitiense

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 vitiense

Name

Retrophyllum vitiense (Seem.) C.N.Page, Notes Roy. Bot. Gard. Edinburgh 45: 380 (1988 publ. 1989).

Synonyms

• Basionym
  • Podocarpus vitiensis Seem., Bonplandia (Hannover) 10: 366 (1862).
• Homotypic
  • Nageia vitiensis (Seem.) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 800 (1891).
  • Decussocarpus vitiensis (Seem.) de Laub., J. Arnold Arbor. 50: 342 (1969).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Continental: Pacific Regional: Southwestern Pacific Fiji, Santa Cruz Islands, Vanuatu. 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

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2026. Retrophyllum vitiense in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2026 February 15. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2026. 15. Published online. Accessed: February? 2026. Reference page.

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