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Genus of conifers

Acmopyle
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Gymnospermae
Division: Pinophyta
Class: Pinopsida
Order: Araucariales
Family: Podocarpaceae
Genus: Acmopyle
Pilg.
Type species
Acmopyle pancheri
(Brongniart & Gris) Pilg.
Species

Acmopyle is a genus of conifers belonging to the podocarp family, Podocarpaceae. The genus includes two species of evergreen small to tall well-branched trees and large trees. Acmopyle is limited to two species, A. pancheri, endemic to New Caledonia, and A. sahniana, endemic to Fiji, but has a fossil record in Australia.

Species

Image Scientific name Distribution
Acmopyle pancheri New Caledonia.
Acmopyle sahniana Fiji.

References

  • Hill, R.S. and Carpenter, R. 1991. Evolution of Acmopyle and Dacrycarpus (Podocarpaceae) foliage as inferred from macrofossils in south-eastern Australia. Australian Systematic Botany, 4: 449-79.
  • de Laubenfels, David J. 1972. No. 4, Gymnospermes, in A. Aubréville and Jean-F. Leroy, eds., Flore de la Nouvelle-Calédonie et Dépendances. Paris: Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle.
  • Pole, M.S., 1997. Miocene conifers from the Manuherikia Group, New Zealand. Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand, 27: 355-370.
  • Vidakovic, Mirko. 1991. Conifers: morphology and variation. Translated from Croatian by Maja Soljan. Croatia: Graficki Zavod Hrvatske.
Classification of Acrogymnospermae (living Gymnosperms)
Ginkgoidae
Ginkgoales
Ginkgoaceae
Cycadidae
Cycadales
Cycadaceae
Zamiaceae
Diooideae
Zamioideae
Pinidae
Gnetales
Ephedraceae
Gnetaceae
Welwitschiaceae
Pinales
Pinaceae
Abietoideae
Pinoideae
Araucariales
Araucariaceae
Podocarpaceae
Phyllocladoideae
Podocarpoideae
Cupressales
Sciadopityaceae
Taxaceae
Cephalotaxeae
Taxoideae
Cupressaceae
Cunninghamioideae
Taiwanioideae
Athrotaxidoideae
Sequoioideae
Taxodioideae
Callitroideae
Cupressoideae
Taxon identifiers
Acmopyle
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