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Yew Plum Pine

Podocarpus macrophyllus

Summary 4

Podocarpus macrophyllus is a conifer in the genus Podocarpus, family Podocarpaceae. It is the northernmost species of the genus, native to southern Japan and southern and eastern China. Common names in English include yew plum pine, Buddhist pine and fern pine. Kusamaki (クサマキ) and inumaki (犬槇) are Japanese names for this tree. In China, it is known as 羅漢松 or luóhàn sōng, which literally means "arhat pine".

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Kadry Samuels

Interesting Facts 5

Dörken V and Parsons R. 2016. Morpho-anatomical studies on the change in the foliage of two imbricate-leaved new zealand podocarps: Dacrycarpus dacrydioides and dacrydium cupressinum. Plant Systematics & Evolution 302(1):41-54.

Podocarps are vascular plant species that have an abundance of short, slender needle-like evergreen leaves that are attached to a number of different branches that emerge from and radiate around a central stem. The small leaves of the Podocarpus are reduced in size that function as a means of decreasing the volume of water that lost from the plant through the lamina, noting that the plant normally exists in dry climatic conditions. (Dorken and Parsons 2016) The plants, being subject to environments characterized by lengthy periods of drought and extreme heat, have adapted strategies of water retention for survival. Further, the leaves of the gymnosperm can be imbricate, which means that the organs envelope, or fold, as well as broad, given that some shrubs from the Podocarps family are found in forest-like regions and must compete for sunlight. (Dorken and Parsons 2016) Therefore, Podocarpus macrophyllus are short, shrub-like plants that have leaves ranging from imbricate to broad and round in shape, which is dependent upon the area in which the plants exist and the types of resources that must be acquired and maintained for survival.

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  4. Adaptado por Kadry Samuels de uma obra de (c) Wikipedia, alguns direitos reservados (CC BY-SA), https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nerium_oleander
  5. (c) Kadry Samuels, alguns direitos reservados (CC BY-SA)

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