Falcatifolium taxoides
| Falcatifolium taxoides | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Embryophytes |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Gymnosperms |
| Division: | Pinophyta |
| Class: | Pinopsida |
| Order: | Araucariales |
| Family: | Podocarpaceae |
| Genus: | Falcatifolium |
| Species: | F. taxoides |
| Binomial name | |
| Falcatifolium taxoides | |
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Falcatifolium taxoides is a species of conifer in the family Podocarpaceae. It is a tree found only in New Caledonia, and is the only known host of its non-photosynthetic, possibly parasitic relative, Parasitaxus usta.
Taxonomy
The species was first described as Dacrydium taxoides by Adolphe-Théodore Brongniart and Jean Antoine Arthur Gris in 1866. In 1969 David John de Laubenfels described the genus Falcatifolium and placed the species there as F. taxoides.[2] Falcatifolium means 'with sickle-shaped leaves', while taxoides means 'yew-like' (resembling Taxus).[3]
References
- ↑ Thomas, P. (2010). "Falcatifolium taxoides". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2010 e.T42477A10701117. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-3.RLTS.T42477A10701117.en. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
- 1 2 "Falcatifolium taxoides (Brongn. & Gris) de Laub". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 25 April 2026.
- ↑ Gledhill, David (2008). "The Names of Plants". Cambridge University Press. ISBN 9780521866453 (hardback), ISBN 9780521685535 (paperback). pp 162, 372