Afrocarpus

Slim African Yellow Wood ( Afrocarpus gracilior )

The African yellow wood or African Podocarpus ( Afrocarpus ) are a genus of six species in the family of Podocarpus plants ( Podocarpaceae ). The genus was established in 1989 by Christopher Nigel Page set up from earlier representatives of the genera of Podocarpus ( Podocarpus ) and Nageia.

Description

African yellow woods are mostly trees. The leaves are needle-like, but lanceolate and rough and leathery.

These species are dioecious getrenntgeschlechtig ( dioecious ). The seeds are surrounded by a seed coat ( aril ) ( as in yew, hence the German name "African Podocarpus ").

Dissemination

The African Yellow wood have their areas in the eastern and southern African mountain forests. In South Africa, the locations range down to the coastline of the Indian Ocean. A type can be found on Madagascar.

System

In the genre of African yellow wood ( Afrocarpus ) there are six types:

  • Afrocarpus dawei ( Stapf ) C.N. Page, home of Central Africa
  • Ordinary African Yellow Wood ( Afrocarpus falcatus ( Thunb. ) CN Page ); Native South Africa.
  • Afrocarpus gaussenii ( Woltz ) C.N. Page, home is the eastern plateau of Madagascar.
  • Slim African Yellow Wood ( Afrocarpus gracilior ( Pilg. ) CN Page ); Home: Ethiopia, Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda.
  • Afrocarpus mannii ( Hook. f ) C.N. Page, Origin: Western Central Africa ( islands of the Gulf of Guinea): Sao Tome.
  • Afrocarpus usambarensis ( Pilg. ) C.N. Page, Origin: Burundi, Rwanda, Tanzania ( Lushoto districts and Mbulu ), Congo; the name of the species refers to the Usambara Mountains near the Tanzanian coast.

Swell

  • Information on the genus at The Gymnosperm Database. (English )
  • Stone Yews
  • Tree
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