Phyllocladus

Phyllocladus, the celery pines, is a small genus of conifers, now usually placed in the family Podocarpaceae. Species occur mainly in New Zealand, Tasmania, and Malesia in the Southern Hemisphere, though P. hypophyllus ranges into the Philippines, a short way north of the equator.

Phyllocladus
Phyllocladus alpinus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Gymnospermae
Division: Pinophyta
Class: Pinopsida
Order: Araucariales
Family: Podocarpaceae
Genus: Phyllocladus
Rich. ex Mirb.
Type species
Phyllocladus billardieri
Richard ex de Mirbel
Species

Five; see text

Synonyms
  • Brownetera Richard ex Trattinnick
  • Robertia Richard ex Carrière
  • Thalamia Sprengel
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