Podocarpium

The podocarpium , also known as the receptaculum or receptacle , is a fleshy and often red-colored structure that occurs at the foot of the free-standing seed in many species of the stone slab family (Podocarpaceae). It consists of a few cone scales that have grown together and is used for the spread of seeds by birds, reptiles and mammals.

Large-leaved stone cones ( Podocarpus macrophyllus ) with red podocarpium and green epimatium

Individual evidence

↑ Steve Cafferty: Cosmos-Atlas trees of the world . Franckh-Kosmos, Stuttgart 2008, ISBN 978-3-440-10983-0 , p. 95 .
↑ Patrick Knopf: Differential diagnosis and evolution within the Podocarpaceae sl (stone slices iw S.) . Dissertation, Bochum 2011, p. 3 ( online [PDF]).
↑ James E. Eckenwalder: Conifers of the World. The Complete Reference . Timber Press, Portland, OR / London 2009, ISBN 978-0-88192-974-4 , pp. 656 .
^ Aljos Farjon: A Handbook of the World's Conifers . tape 2 . Brill, Leiden-Boston 2010, ISBN 978-90-04-17718-5 , pp. 1047 .

Web links

Podocarpaceae - Coniferales. (pdf) In: Lexicon of Biology. University of Konstanz, Department of Biology, accessed on October 5, 2014 .

[Atlas-1] Steve Cafferty: Cosmos-Atlas trees of the world . Franckh-Kosmos, Stuttgart 2008, ISBN 978-3-440-10983-0 , p. 95 .

[Diss-2] Patrick Knopf: Differential diagnosis and evolution within the Podocarpaceae sl (stone slices iw S.) . Dissertation, Bochum 2011, p. 3 ( online [PDF]).

[Eckenwalder-3] James E. Eckenwalder: Conifers of the World. The Complete Reference . Timber Press, Portland, OR / London 2009, ISBN 978-0-88192-974-4 , pp. 656 .

[Farjon-4] Aljos Farjon: A Handbook of the World's Conifers . tape 2 . Brill, Leiden-Boston 2010, ISBN 978-90-04-17718-5 , pp. 1047 .