Microcachrys tetragona
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Microcachrys is the only plant of monotypic genus Microcachrys from the family of podocarpaceae (Podocarpaceae).
distribution
Microcachrys tetragona is native to western Tasmania , on the peaks of the western mountain range and Mount Lapeyrouse .
description
They are low evergreen shrubs . The scale-shaped leaves are about 1.5 mm long and stand in four even rows on the branches.
They are single sexed ( monoecious ). The male and female cones are terminally on different branches of the same plant. The female cones are 6 to 8 mm long. The seeds are surrounded by a red aril .
Systematics
Microcachrys tetragona was first described in 1843 by William Jackson Hooker as Athrotaxis tetragona in his work "Hooker's Icones Plantarum", Volume 6, Plate 560. Joseph Dayton Hooker , his son, introduced the species as Microcachrys tetragona in the genus Microcachrys as early as 1845 . A synonym of the species is Dacrydium tetragonum (Hook.) Parl.
swell
- Information on the species at The Gymnosperm Database. (engl.)
- Microcachrys tetragona inthe IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2013.2. Posted by: Thomas, P., 2012. Retrieved November 29, 2013.
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Rafaël Govaerts (Ed.): Microcachrys. In: World Checklist of Selected Plant Families (WCSP) - The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew . Retrieved April 27, 2019.
