''Acmopyle'' is a
genus
Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family. In binomial nom ...
of
conifers belonging to the podocarp family,
Podocarpaceae
Podocarpaceae is a large family of mainly Southern Hemisphere conifers, known in English as podocarps, comprising about 156 species of evergreen trees and shrubs.James E. Eckenwalder. 2009. ''Conifers of the World''. Portland, Oregon: Timber Pr ...
. The genus includes two
species
In biology, a species is the basic unit of classification and a taxonomic rank of an organism, as well as a unit of biodiversity. A species is often defined as the largest group of organisms in which any two individuals of the appropriate s ...
of
evergreen
In botany, an evergreen is a plant which has foliage that remains green and functional through more than one growing season. This also pertains to plants that retain their foliage only in warm climates, and contrasts with deciduous plants, whic ...
small to tall well-branched
tree
In botany, a tree is a perennial plant with an elongated stem, or trunk, usually supporting branches and leaves. In some usages, the definition of a tree may be narrower, including only woody plants with secondary growth, plants that are ...
s and large
tree
In botany, a tree is a perennial plant with an elongated stem, or trunk, usually supporting branches and leaves. In some usages, the definition of a tree may be narrower, including only woody plants with secondary growth, plants that are ...
s. ''Acmopyle'' is limited to two species, ''
A. pancheri'',
endemic
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to
New Caledonia, and ''
A. sahniana'',
endemic
Endemism is the state of a species being found in a single defined geographic location, such as an island, state, nation, country or other defined zone; organisms that are indigenous to a place are not endemic to it if they are also found else ...
to
Fiji, but has a fossil record in Australia.
Species
References
* Hill, R.S. and Carpenter, R. 1991. Evolution of ''Acmopyle'' and ''Dacrycarpus'' (Podocarpaceae) foliage as inferred from macrofossils in south-eastern Australia. Australian Systematic Botany, 4: 449-79.
* de Laubenfels, David J. 1972. No. 4, Gymnospermes, in A. Aubréville and Jean-F. Leroy, eds., ''Flore de la Nouvelle-Calédonie et Dépendances''. Paris: Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle.
* Pole, M.S., 1997. Miocene conifers from the Manuherikia Group, New Zealand. Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand, 27: 355-370.
* Vidakovic, Mirko. 1991. ''Conifers: morphology and variation''. Translated from Croatian by Maja Soljan. Croatia: Graficki Zavod Hrvatske.
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Podocarpaceae
Podocarpaceae genera