Biology:Podocarpus transiens

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Short description: Species of conifer

Podocarpus transiens
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Gymnospermae
Division: Pinophyta
Class: Pinopsida
Order: Araucariales
Family: Podocarpaceae
Genus: Podocarpus
Species:
P. transiens
Binomial name
Podocarpus transiens
(Pilg.) de Laub.
Synonyms[2]
  • Podocarpus lambertii var. transiens Pilg.
  • Podocarpus transiens var. harleyi Silba
  • Podocarpus transiens subsp. harleyi (Silba) Silba

Podocarpus transiens is a species of conifer in the family Podocarpaceae. It is a tree endemic to eastern, southern, and west-central Brazil.[2] It grows in interior montane moist forest enclaves surrounded by drier campo rupestre grassland, and in Atlantic Forest remnants closer to the Atlantic coast, from 1,000 to 1,780 metres elevation.[1]

Robert Knud Friedrich Pilger first described it a variety of Podocarpus lambertii, P. l. var. transiens by in 1903. In 1984 David John de Laubenfels described it as the distinct species P. transiens.[2]

References

Wikidata ☰ Q2880883 entry