Sundacarpus

105 species (Farjon 1998); see list Podocarpus is a genus of conifers, the most numerous and widely distributed of the podocarp family Podocarpaceae. The 105 species of Podocarpus are evergreen shrubs or trees from 1-25 m (rarely to 40 m) in height. The leaves are 0.5-15 cm long, lanceolate to oblong, falcate (sickle-shaped) in some species, with a distinct midrib, and are arranged spirally, though in some species twisted to appear in two horizontal ranks. The cones have two to five fused scales, of which only one ...

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• Podocarpus - Classification
• Podocarpus - Uses

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The Queensland tropical rain forests are designated one of the Global 200 ecoregions. The ecoregion is the largest remnant of Australia's rain forest flora, home to ancient assemblage of plants, called the Antarctic flora, presently characteristic of New Zealand and southern Chile, and that once covered much of Australia and Antarctica until about 15 million years ago. Conifers of the southern hemisphere family Araucariaceae are the characteristic tree species. In the northern section of the ecoregion, Kauri commonly form the forest c ...

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Queensland tropical rain forests, Queensland tropical rain forests - Setting, Queensland tropical rain forests - Flora, Queensland tropical rain forests - Conservation

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The ecoregion covers 32,700 square kilometers (12,600 square miles) of northeastern coastal Queensland, from the coast up a series of plateaus and tablelands to the mountains behind the coast. The ecoregion comprises three separate sections. The northern area, which includes Cairns, is the largest, from 15°30’ to 19°25’ south latitude. This northern section is also known as the Wet Tropics bioregion. The second section extends from the Whitsunday group to Carmila, including Mackay, and the third section includes the Wargi ...

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Queensland tropical rain forests, Queensland tropical rain forests - Setting, Queensland tropical rain forests - Flora, Queensland tropical rain forests - Conservation

Read more here: » Queensland tropical rain forests: Encyclopedia II - Queensland tropical rain forests - Setting