Information About

Sundacarpus




  Name ''Sundacarpus''
  Regnum Plantae
  Divisio Pinophyta
  Classis Pinopsida
  Ordo Pinales
  Familia Podocarpaceae
  Genus '''''Sundacarpus'''''
  Genus Authority ( JBuchh & EGGray ) CNPage
  Species '''''S amarus'''''
  Binomial ''Sundacarpus amarus''
  Binomial Authority ( Blume ) CNPage


''Sundacarpus'' is a Genus of Conifer s containing a single Species ''Sundacarpus amarus'', belonging to the family Podocarpaceae . ''Sundacarpus'' was designated a genus by C.N.Page in 1989; formerly it had been classified variously as a species of '' Podocarpus '' or of '' Prumnopitys ''.

''Sundacarpus'' is a large Evergreen tree, 10-60 m in height, with a trunk from 12-140 cm in diameter. The Leaves are 5-15 cm long and narrow.

''S. amarus'' is native to parts of Australia and Malesia . In Australia, the genus is found primarily on the Atherton Tableland and adjacent parts of northeastern coastal Queensland. it is quite common in New Guinea , New Britain , and New Ireland , where they are often found in montane forests together with Southern Beech (''Nothofagus''). ''Sundacarpus'' is also found on the Indonesian islands of Buru , Halmahera , Morotai , Sulawesi , Lombok , Flores , Timor , Sumbawa , Java , Sumatra , and Sabah province on the island of Borneo ; also Mindanao and Luzon in the Philippines .


REFERENCES AND EXTERNAL LINKS

  • de Laubenfels, D. J. (1988). Coniferales. P. 337-453 in ''Flora Malesiana, Series I'', Vol. 10. Dordrecht: Kluwer Academic.

  • Page, C. N. (1989). New and maintained genera in the conifer families Podocarpaceae and Pinaceae. ''Notes of the Royal Botanical Garden Edinburgh'' 45 (2): 377-395.

  • ''Sundacarpus amarus'' at the Gymnosperm Database