Podocarpus glomeratus

Podocarpus glomeratus is a species of conifer tree in the family Podocarpaceae. It is native to the montane rainforests of Bolivia, Ecuador, and Peru; between 1800–3600 meters above sea level.[1]

Podocarpus glomeratus
Near Cusco, Peru
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Division: Pinophyta
Class: Pinopsida
Order: Pinales
Family: Podocarpaceae
Genus: Podocarpus
Species:
P. glomeratus
Binomial name
Podocarpus glomeratus
Synonyms
  • Nageia glomerata (D. Don) Kuntze
  • Podocarpus cardenasii J. Buchholz & N.E. Gray
  • Podocarpus rigidus Klotzsch ex Endl.

Description

Shrubs or trees up to 20 m. high,[2] with dark brown bark.[2][3] Leaves are 2–5 cm. long, 2–4 mm. wide; rigid and almost erect, linear-lanceolate or sometimes almost falcate; light grayish green and shiny above, whitish beneath; the base narrowed into a very short petiole; the tip ending in a stiff pungent prickle.[2][3] Pollen cones up to 6 mm. long, clustered in groups of 6 on slender peduncles 8–12 mm. long. Ovulate cones sessile or on peduncles up to 4 mm. long, with a receptacle 5–6 mm. long. Seed 5 mm. long, subglobose.[3][4]

Distribution and habitat

Podocarpus glomeratus is found in Bolivia, Ecuador and Peru at an altitudinal range between 1800 and 3600 m (in montane cloud forests).[2] It is an indicator species of primary forest.[2]

References
  1. Gardner, M. (2013). "Podocarpus glomeratus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2013: e.T42504A2983439. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-1.RLTS.T42504A2983439.en.
  2. Reynel, Carlos; Marcelo, Jose Luis (2009). Árboles de los Ecosistemas Forestales Andinos (PDF) (in Spanish). Lima: ECOBONA. pp. 116–117. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-12-22.
  3. Buchholz, J.T.; Gray, N.E. (1948). "A taxonomic revision of Podocarpus---IV. The American species of section Eupodocarpus, subsection C and D". Journal of the Arnold Arboretum. 29 (2): 142.
  4. Macbride, J.F. (1937). "Taxaceae". Flora of Peru. 13 (1/1). Field Museum of Natural History. p. 83.
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