BLUMEA 24 (1978) 189-190

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David+J. de Laubenfels

Dept. of Geography Syracuse University

New York Syracuse, 13210, U.S.A.

of the into several With the division oversized genus well-marked genera

(de Laubenfels, 1969) the widespread , Podocarpus amarus needs to be reassigned.

Certainly it lacks the fleshy receptacle which gives Podocarpus its name. In fact, one or more fruit borne scale fertile unlike the subterminal are along a bearing shoot, quite strictly fruit of but condition on a naked penduncle Podocarpus sens. strict., corresponding to the in the known The the former section of genus as Stachycarpus. ofPodocarpus amarus also lack the hypoderm, as is case in the Stachycarpus group, but not generally in the strict

in Podocarpus group. In spite of these distinctions, Podocarpus amarus was not included the until when Florin section Stachycarpus 1903 Pilger recognized its proper relationships. refined the understanding of the section Stachycarpus in 1931 but Buchholz and Gray elected for amarus to erect a separatesection, , Podocarpus in 1948. Van Tieghem elevated the section Stachycarpus to generic rank in 1891 without P. amarus but Gaussen section Van in is transferred the Sundacarpus to Tieghem’s genus 1974. The matter still

not valid The not settled, however, because Stachycarpus is a genus. proper genus for

and in 1860 who the sections Stachycarpus Sundacarpus was described by Philippi gave it

was which has been name, Prumnopitys. His type species Prumnopitys elegans long recog- nized as synonymous with the previously described Podocarpus andinus. Van Tieghem used this latter for the of his species type genus Stachycarpus, making the corresponding new specific combination. The genus Stachycarpus is therefore a synonym to the genus Prum-

also include section The nopitys, which ought to the Sundacarpus. necessary new com- binations have be made for all of the yet to species except Prumnopitys ferruginoides (Comp- de valid far of the ton) Laubenfels, the only combination so published. The genus should therefore be as follows:

Prumnopitys Philippi, Linnaea 30 (1860) 731.

section Prumnopitys

andina — I. Prumnopitys (Pocppig ex Endlicher) deLaubenfels, comb. nov. Podocarpus

andina — Poeppig ex Endlicher, Syn. Conif. (1847) 219. Prumnopitys elegans Phil.,

Linnaea 30 (i860) 732.

de comb. — 2. (Humb. & Bonpl. ex Willd.) Laubenfels, nov.

montana Humb. . — & Bonpl. ex Willd., Spec. 4 (1805) 857. Podocarpus

taxifolia Kunth., Nov. Gen. 2 (1817) 2. — Dacrydium distichum D. Don in Lambert,

Pinus ed. 1, 2 (1824) 26. VOL. No. 190 BLUMEA 24, 1, 1978

taxifolia ex D. de Laubenfels, comb. nov. — 3. Prumnopitys (Solander Don)

in Pinus — Dacrydium taxifolium Solander ex D. Don Lambert, ed. I, 2 (1824) 25.

Podocarpus spicata R. Br. ex Mirbel, Mem. Mus. 13 (1825) 75.

deLaubenfels, comb. nov. — Podocarpusi ferruginea 4. (D. Don) ed. D. Don in Lambert, Pinus 3 (2) (1832) App.

harmsiana (Pilger) deLaubenfels, comb. nov. — Podocarpus harmsianus 5. Prumnopitys utilior Pilger, Pflanzenreich IV.5 (Heft 18) (1903) 68. — Podocarpus Pilger in Fedde, Rep.

Nov. Spec. 1 (1905) 189.

6. (Bailey) de Laubenfels, comb. nov. — Podocarpus ladei Bailey,

Queensland Ag. Journ. 15 (1905) 899.

de Flore Nouv. Caled. (1973 7. Prumnopitys ferruginoides (Compton) Laubenfels, 4 )

—

— Linn. Soc. Bot. 56. Podocarpus ferruginoides Compton, Joum. 45 (1922) 424. & Arb. (195 Podocarpus distichus Buchholz ex Gray Buchholz, Joum. Arnold 32 1) 89.

de — 8. Prumnopitys standleyi (Buchholz & Gray) Laubenfels, comb. nov. Podocarpus

standleyi Buchholz & Gray, Joum. Arnold Arb. 29 (1948) 72.

section Sundacarpus (Buchholz & Gray) de Laubenfels, comb. nov.

Arnold Arb. Podocarpus section Sundacarpus Buchholz & Gray, Journ. 29 (1948) 57.

de comb. — amara Blume, 9. Prumnopitys amara (Blume) Laubenfels, nov. Podocarpus

Fl. Ind. — Enum. Pi. (1827) 88. — Podocarpus eurhyncha Miquel, Bat. 2 (1856) 1074.

Podocarpus pedunculata Bailey, Queensland Ag. Journ. 5 (1899) 390.

from the Asian through New This list of species extends the genus Prumnopitys tropics southern Chile. Zealand to America where it is found from Costa Rica and Venezuela to both The section Prumnopitys reaches to the margins of Malesia in and Malesia northern Queensland. The mono-specific section Sundacarpus extends across Ireland from and the to New and northern Queensland (thus over-

lapping slightly with section Prumnopitys). The genus Prumnopitys tnus substantially -,-s- „„B , r-,-,- c other of and other well various parallels genera Podocarpaceae , as as important

of in wide and southern distribution which genera flowering , a tropical temperate includes substantial in Malesia. like various other a representation Prumnopitys amara, is for lumber. It is found between 600 species in its genus, locally important generally and 2000 meters elevation.

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