Branch photograph
Branch (2).

Foliage photograph
Foliage (2).

Podocarpus lawrencei Hook. 1845

Common Names

Alpine plum pine (2), mountain plum pine (3).

Taxonomic notes

Syn: P. alpinus R. Br. ex Mirbel (3); P. acutifolius (1). Basionym for Podocarpus alpinus var. lawrencei (J.D.Hook.) J.D.Hook.

Description

"Much-branched decumbent or erect shrub 50-100 cm high, rarely a small tree in sheltered positions. Leaves crowded, obscurely 2-ranked, linear to oblong or narrow-obovate, mostly 5-15 mm long, 2-4 mm wide. Male cones axillary, cylindrical, 5-10 mm long, solitary or in groups. Female cones axillary. Receptacle of 2 fused fleshy scales, 3-5 mm long, expanding to 6 mm long at maturity and turning bright red, fleshy; seed ovoid, 3-5 mm long, green" (3).

Range

Australia: Tas., Vic., & NSW; "[o]ften found spreading and creeping extensively over rock outcrops; common at high altitudes in the Southern Alps" (1).

Big Tree

Oldest

Dendrochronology

Ethnobotany

Observations

Remarks

See also Paleobotany of Australia and New Zealand conifers.

Citations

(1) Silba 1986.

(2) ANU Forestry website.

(3) Harden 1990.

See also

P.168 in Gray 1956 under P. alpinus J.D. Hook.

P.256 in de Laubenfels 1985.

J. Thompson, Contr. New South Wales Natl Herb. Fl. Ser. 1-18 (1961) 42-44 (43).


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This page is from the Gymnosperm Database
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Edited by Christopher J. Earle
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Last modified on 6-Feb-2000

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