Pectinopitys

Pectinopitys is a small genus of conifers from South America and Oceania belonging to the podocarp family, Podocarpaceae. It was split out from the Prumnopitys complex by Christopher Nigel Page in 2019[1] and is still considered as closely allied to this genus and Sundacarpus.

Pectinopitys
Pectinopitys ferruginea
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Gymnosperms
Division: Pinophyta
Class: Pinopsida
Order: Araucariales
Family: Podocarpaceae
Genus: Pectinopitys
C.N.Page
Type species
Pectinopitys ferruginea
(G.Benn. ex D.Don) C.N.Page

Species

  • Pectinopitys exigua (de Laub.) C.N.Page, Bolivia
  • Pectinopitys ferruginea (G.Benn. ex D.Don) C.N.Page, New Zealand
  • Pectinopitys ferruginoides (Compton) C.N.Page, New Caledonia
  • Pectinopitys harmsiana (Pilg.) C.N.Page, South America
  • Pectinopitys ladei (F.M.Bailey) C.N.Page, Queensland, Australia
  • Pectinopitys standleyi (J.Buchholz & N.E.Gray) C.N.Page, Costa Rica

References

  1. Page, Christopher N. (2019). "New and maintained genera in the taxonomic alliance of Prumnopitys s.l. (Podocarpaceae), and circumscription of a new genus: Pectinopitys". New Zealand Journal of Botany. 57 (3): 137–153. doi:10.1080/0028825X.2019.1625933. S2CID 198252718.
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