Halocarpus

Halocarpus kirkii

Halocarpus is a genus of three species in the family of Podocarpus plants ( Podocarpaceae ).

Description

There are shrubs or large trees. The leaves are needle-like but they have in the youth phase lanceolate leaves, later scaly leaves that are tough and leathery.

These species are dioecious getrenntgeschlechtig ( dioecious ). On the seeds that mature in the second year, there is a small, bright aril.

Dissemination

The Halocarpus species are all endemic to New Zealand.

System

In the genus Halocarpus there are only three kinds:

• Halocarpus bidwillii ( Hook. f ex Kirk) Quinn ( Syn: Dacrydium bidwillii Hook f ex Kirk. ): There are shrubs with a height up to 3.5 meters, raised up in the montane to subalpine zone at altitudes of 600 1500 meters up.
• Halocarpus biformis ( Hook. ) Quinn ( Syn: Dacrydium biforme ( Hook. ) Pilg, Podocarpus biformis Hook.. ): There are shrubs to small trees, with heights of growth of more than 10 meters. The often small sites are located mostly on good soils and abundant rainfall have.
• Halocarpus kirkii (. F. Muell ex Parl ) Quinn ( Syn: Dacrydium kirkii F. Muell ex Kirk. ): There are trees, with growth heights of up to 25 m and stem diameters of 1 meter. They usually grow in lowland forests.

Swell

• Information on the genus at The Gymnosperm Database. (English )
• Christopher John Quinn: Taxonomy of Dacrydium Sol. ex Lamb. emend. de foliage. ( Podocarpaceae ). Australian Journal of Botany 30: 311-320 Page, 1982.

• Stone Yews
• Podocarpaceae
• Endemic plant of New Zealand