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Dacrydium medium

Dacrydium medium is a species of conifer in the family Podocarpaceae. It is a shrub or small tree native to Peninsular Malaysia and northern Sumatra. It grows mostly on ridges and summits on shallow and rocky soils that won't support forests, where low shrubby species of family Myrtaceae, including Baeckea and Leptospermum, are predominant. D. medium is most commonly a shrub or a small tree that rises above the surrounding shrub vegetation. Scattered individuals in the surrounding montane rain forest can grow as taller trees.

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Dacrydium medium
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Embryophytes
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Spermatophytes
Clade: Gymnosperms
Division: Pinophyta
Class: Pinopsida
Order: Araucariales
Family: Podocarpaceae
Genus: Dacrydium
Species:
D. medium
Binomial name
Dacrydium medium
Synonyms2

Corneria media (de Laub.) A.V.Bobrov & Melikyan

Dacrydium medium is a species of conifer in the family Podocarpaceae. It is a shrub or small tree native to Peninsular Malaysia and northern Sumatra.2 It grows mostly on ridges and summits on shallow and rocky soils that won't support forests, where low shrubby species of family Myrtaceae, including Baeckea and Leptospermum, are predominant. D. medium is most commonly a shrub or a small tree that rises above the surrounding shrub vegetation. Scattered individuals in the surrounding montane rain forest can grow as taller trees.1

The species was first described by David John de Laubenfels in 1976.2

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References

  1. Luscombe, D.; Carter, G.; Farjon, A. (2013). "Dacrydium medium". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2013 e.T42450A2981280. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-1.RLTS.T42450A2981280.en. Retrieved 23 February 2026.
  2. "Dacrydium medium de Laub". Plants of the World Online. The Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. n.d. Retrieved December 30, 2022.