Sundacarpus is a genus of conifers in the family Podocarpaceae. It was established by Christopher Nigel Page in 1989 and contains a single species – Sundacarpus amarus – which had formerly been classified variously as a species of Podocarpus or of Prumnopitys. In Australia it is treated as Prumnopitys amara (Blume) de Laub.[4][5]
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Embryophytes |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Spermatophytes |
| Clade: | Gymnospermae |
| Division: | Pinophyta |
| Class: | Pinopsida |
| Order: | Araucariales |
| Family: | Podocarpaceae |
| Genus: | Sundacarpus (J.Buchholz & N.E.Gray) C.N.Page[2] |
| Species: | S. amarus |
| Binomial name | |
| Sundacarpus amarus (Blume) C.N.Page | |
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8 synonyms
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Description
editSundacarpus amarus is a large evergreen tree, 10–60 m (33–197 ft) in height, with a trunk from 12–140 cm (4.7–55.1 in) in diameter. The leaves are 5–15 cm (2.0–5.9 in) long and narrow.
Distribution and habitat
editSundacarpus amarus is native to parts of Australia and Malesia. In Australia, the genus is found only in Queensland, primarily on the Atherton Tableland and adjacent parts of northeastern coastal Queensland. It is quite common in New Guinea, New Britain, and New Ireland, where it is often found in montane forests together with southern beech (Nothofagus). Sundacarpus amarus is also found on the Indonesian islands of Buru, Halmahera, Morotai, Sulawesi, Lombok, Flores, Timor, Sumbawa, Java, Sumatra, in Sabah province on the island of Borneo and on Mindanao and Luzon in the Philippines.
References
edit- ↑ Farjon, A. (2013). "Sundacarpus amarus". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2013: e.T42544A2986438. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-1.RLTS.T42544A2986438.en. Retrieved 14 December 2017.
- ↑ "Sundacarpus (J.Buchholz & N.E.Gray) C.N.Page". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 12 June 2025.
- ↑ "Sundacarpus amarus (Blume) C.N.Page". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 8 February 2026.
- ↑ "Prumnopitys amara". Australian Plant Name Index (APNI). Centre for Australian National Biodiversity Research, Australian Government. Retrieved 12 June 2025.
- ↑ F.A.Zich; B.P.M.Hyland; T.Whiffen; R.A.Kerrigan (2020). "Prumnopitys amara". Australian Tropical Rainforest Plants Edition 8 (RFK8). Centre for Australian National Biodiversity Research (CANBR), Australian Government. Retrieved 12 June 2025.
Further reading
edit- de Laubenfels, D. J. (1988). Coniferales. pp. 337–453 in Flora Malesiana, Series I, Vol. 10. Dordrecht: Kluwer Academic.
- Page, C. N. (1989). New and maintained genera in the conifer families Podocarpaceae and Pinaceae. Notes of the Royal Botanical Garden Edinburgh 45 (2): 377–395.