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Acmopyle

Acmopyle is a genus of conifers belonging to the family Podocarpaceae. It includes two species of evergreen trees, each endemic to separate islands of the southwestern Pacific Ocean.

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Acmopyle
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Embryophytes
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Spermatophytes
Clade: Gymnospermae
Division: Pinophyta
Class: Pinopsida
Order: Araucariales
Family: Podocarpaceae
Genus: Acmopyle
Pilg.1
Type species
Acmopyle pancheri
(Brongniart & Gris) Pilg.2
Species

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Acmopyle is a genus of conifers belonging to the family Podocarpaceae. It includes two species of evergreen trees, each endemic to separate islands of the southwestern Pacific Ocean.13

Accepted species

As of June 2025, Plants of the World Online accepts the following two species:1

References

References

  1. "Acmopyle Pilg". Plants of the World Online. Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 2025. Retrieved 11 June 2025.
  2. "Acmopyle Pilg., Das Pflanzenreich (Engler) 18: 117 (1903)". International Plant Names Index (IPNI). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 2025. Retrieved 11 June 2025.
  3. Bánki, Olaf; et al. (2025). "Acmopyle Pilg". Catalogue of Life. Species 2000 & ITIS. doi:10.48580/dgqdn. Retrieved 11 June 2025.
  • 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.