Nageia maxima

(de Laub.) de Laub. 1987

Common names

Landin paya [Naman Forest Res.] (de Laubenfels 1988).

Taxonomic notes

Syn: Decussocarpus maximus de Laubenfels; Podocarpus maximus (de Laubenfels) Gaussen (de Laubenfels 1988).

Description

"Erect shrub to tree, 1-10 m high. Leaves (8-) 16-34 by (3-) 6-9.5 cm, acuminate, 2.5-3.5 times as long as broad; petiole 4-10 mm. Pollen cones in groups of up to 9 on a 3-10 mm peduncle, 12-20 by 2.5-3 mm. Apex of microsporophyll more or less lanceolate, 0.5-1 mm long. Seed-bearing structure solitary or grouped to as many as five on a scaly shoot c. 6 mm long, the individual peduncles up to 12 mm long, not forming a fleshy receptacle. Seed and its cover 16-188 mm diam." (de Laubenfels 1988).

Distribution and Ecology

Borneo: Sarawak, very local. Locally common in the understory of rainforest on ridge in Bako National Park and in the peat-swamp forest, from ca. 0-120 m (de Laubenfels 1988).

The IUCN classifies this taxon as "vulnerable." The population is characterised by an acute restriction in its area of occupancy (typically less than 100 km²) or in the number of locations (typically less than five). It is prone to the effects of human activities (or chance events whose impact is increased by human activities) within a very short period of time in an unforeseeable future, and is thus capable of becoming critically endangered or even extinct in a very short period. This analysis dates to 1998 and need to be updated.

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