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Pectinopitys

Pectinopitys is a small genus of conifers from South America and Australasia belonging to the podocarp family, Podocarpaceae. It was split out from the Prumnopitys complex by British botanist Chris Page in 2019. It is still considered as closely allied to this genus and Sundacarpus.

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Pectinopitys
Pectinopitys ferruginea
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Embryophytes
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Spermatophytes
Clade: Gymnospermae
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
Synonyms1

Stachypitys A.V.Bobrov & Melikyan

Pectinopitys is a small genus of conifers from South America and Australasia belonging to the podocarp family, Podocarpaceae. It was split out from the Prumnopitys complex by British botanist Chris Page in 2019.2 It is still considered as closely allied to this genus and Sundacarpus.

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References

  1. "Pectinopitys C.N.Page". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 11 March 2025.
  2. 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. Bibcode:2019NZJB...57..137P. doi:10.1080/0028825X.2019.1625933. S2CID 198252718.