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Podocarpus laetus Hooibr. ex Endl.

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Podocarpus laetus Hooibr. ex Endl., Syn. Conif. 214 (1847)
Podocarpus laetus Hooibr. ex Endl.

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Endemic
Wild
New Zealand
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Hooibr. ex Endl.
Endl.
1847
214
ICN
Podocarpus laetus Hooibr. ex Endl.
species
Podocarpus laetus
Type: Lost or destroyed by war action in 1945. Neotype (Molloy 2015): P01621724!, ‘Podocarpus laeta Hoibrenk S.T. Mai 1852, Hort Parisi ‘

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laetus

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Tree up to 20m., trunk up to 1·25 m. diam., bark thin, papery, branchlets slender, of juveniles somewhat drooping. Lvs brownish green, of juveniles 2.5-5 cm. × 4-5 mm., linear-lanceolate; of adults 2-3 cm. × 3-4 mm., narrow-linear to linear-lanceolate, acute to acuminate, rather rigid, coriac., pungent, midvein us. evident. Male strobili 1-2.5 cm. long, solitary or up to 5 on a common peduncle, with about 4 scales; apiculus obtuse. Ovules solitary or paired; receptacles us. red, swollen and succulent. Seed 3-5 mm. long, narrow-ovoid, pointed, nutlike.
2n = 34
n = 17
n = 17
2n = 34
2n = 34
n = 12
2n = 24
2n = 36

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Nageia hallii (Kirk) Kuntze
Podocarpus laetus Hooibr. ex Endl.
Podocarpus cunninghamii Colenso
Podocarpus laetus Hooibr. ex Endl.
Podocarpus hallii Kirk
Podocarpus laetus Hooibr. ex Endl.
Podocarpus laetus Hooibr. ex Endl.
Podocarpus laetus Hooibr. ex Endl.
Podocarpus laetus Hooibr. ex Endl.
Podocarpus laetus Hooibr. ex Endl.
Podocarpus laetus Hooibr. ex Endl.
Podocarpus laetus Hooibr. ex Endl.
Podocarpus totara var. hallii (Kirk) Pilger
Podocarpus laetus Hooibr. ex Endl.

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Podocarpus laetus Hooibr. ex Endl.
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Podocarpus laetus Hooibr. ex Endl.
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East Cape
Podocarpus laetus Hooibr. ex Endl.
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Egmont-Wanganui
Podocarpus laetus Hooibr. ex Endl.
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Fiord
Podocarpus laetus Hooibr. ex Endl.
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Ruahine-Cook
Podocarpus laetus Hooibr. ex Endl.
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Volcanic Plateau

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typification
Type: Lost or destroyed by war action in 1945. Neotype (Molloy 2015): P01621724!, ‘Podocarpus laeta Hoibrenk S.T. Mai 1852, Hort Parisi ‘

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7d34b9ae-a5df-4490-b691-8058d4cbd131
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Names_Plants
4 August 2015
4 August 2015
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