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Podocarpus spicatus R.Br. ex Mirb.

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R.Br. ex Mirb.
Mirb.
1825
75
spicata
naked
ICN
Podocarpus spicatus R.Br. ex Mirb.
species
Podocarpus spicatus

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spicatus

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Podocarpus spicatus R.Br. ex Mirb.

Tree up to 25 m., trunk up to 1·25 m. diam., bark dark, falling in thick flakes. Juveniles with slender, flexuous, divaricating branchlets, lvs brownish, 5-10 × 1-2 mm., acute. Adults with lvs 1-1·5 cm. × 1-2 mm., subdistichous, linear, straight to subfalcate, obtuse, often apiculate, coriac., dark green, ± glaucous below. Male strobili in spikes, 3-5 cm. long, 10-30 per spike, ┴ axis; apiculus subacute. Ovules 3-10 per spike c. 4 cm. long, on short axillary branchlets; peduncle not swollen. Seeds 5-9 mm. long, subglobose, apiculus obtuse; black, drupaceous.

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Podocarpus spicatus R.Br. ex Mirb.
Podocarpus spicatus R.Br. ex Mirb.
Podocarpus spicatus R.Br. ex Mirb.
Podocarpus spicatus R.Br. ex Mirb.
Podocarpus spicatus R.Br. ex Mirb.
Podocarpus spicatus R.Br. ex Mirb.
Podocarpus spicatus R.Br. ex Mirb.

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Podocarpus spicatus R.Br. ex Mirb.
New Zealand
Podocarpus spicatus R.Br. ex Mirb.
New Zealand
Canterbury Land District
Podocarpus spicatus R.Br. ex Mirb.
New Zealand
Wellington Land District

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editorial
Podocarpus spicata R.Br. was first mentioned on p. 48 of Mirbel's article as a nom. nud., then in a table on p. 75 where it is clearly either intended as a nom. nov. for or synonym of Dacrydium taxifolium.

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98427362-ed3c-4e81-952f-1344095649c1
scientific name
Names_Plants
13 March 2002
24 April 2024
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