Microstrobos
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Australian dwarf strobe ( Microstrobos fitzgeraldii ) |
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Microstrobos is a genus with only two species in the family of podocarpaceae (Podocarpaceae). They are also called dwarf strobes.
description
They are evergreen shrubs . The leaves are not needle-shaped, but scaly and coarse; they stand in four to five rows on the branches.
They are dioecious separate sexes ( diocesan ). The male and female, egg-shaped to spherical cones stand individually on the branches. The male cones are 2 to 3 mm long and contain eight to 15 stamens . The female cones are 2.5 mm long and consist of three to eight fertile cone scales, which, unlike the other genera of the Podocarpaceae, are not fleshy. Unlike most Podocarpaceae, the seeds are in several small cones (hence the botanical name from the Greek words: mikros for small and strobos for cones). The brown or grayish seeds are about 1 mm in diameter.
distribution
One species is endemic to New South Wales , Australia , the other is endemic to Tasmania .
Systematics
There are only two types in the genus Microstrobos :
- Australian dwarf strobe ( Microstrobos fitzgeraldii (F. Muell.) J. Garden & LAS Johnson ; Syn .: Dacrydium fitzgeraldii F. Muell. , Pherosphaera fitzgeraldii (F. Muell.) Hook. F. ), Home: New South Wales (Australia) .
- Tasmanian dwarf strobe ( Microstrobos niphophilus J. Garden & LAS Johnson ; Syn .: Pherosphaera hookeriana W. Archer bis ), home: Tasmania, mostly at altitudes above 1000 meters.
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- Genus information at www.conifers.org The Gymnosperm Database. (engl.)
- Walter Erhardt among others: The big pikeperch. Encyclopedia of Plant Names . Volume 2. Verlag Eugen Ulmer, Stuttgart 2008. ISBN 978-3-8001-5406-7