Podocarpus lambertii (pinheiro bravo) description

P. lambertii growing to left of Araucaria angustifolia in Brazil [Márcio Renato Guimarães].

Epiphytes in P. lambertii. These trees support a lot of epiphytes. This tree includes 3 species of ferns, 3 of bromeliads and 1 orchid (Guimaraes, 2001) [Márcio Renato Guimarães].

Distribution based on georeferenced herbarium data (Ceccantini 2007).

Distribution map (source unknown).

Podocarpus lambertii

Klotzsch ex Endlicher 1847

Common names

Pinheiro bravo (Marcio Renato Guimaraes e-mail 2001.04.24).

Taxonomic notes

Syn.: Nageia lambertii (Klotzsch ex Endl.) F. Muell. 1876 (Farjon 1998).

Description

Distribution and Ecology

Argentina, Brazil: Bahia, Minas Gerais (Farjon 1998).

The IUCN reports that this species' overall population status is declining.

Zone 10 (cold hardiness limit between -1°C and +4.4°C) (Bannister and Neuner 2001).

Big tree

Oldest

Dendrochronology

Ethnobotany

Observations

It can be found growing with Podocarpus sellowii and Araucaria angustifolia in Campos do Jordão State Park in São Paulo State (22.7333°S, 43.7333°W) at elevations of ca. 1800 meters (Sousa et al. 2004).

Remarks

Citations

Ceccantini, Gregório, Universidade da São Paulo, Instituto de Biociencias, São Paulo, Brasil. E-mail, 2007.08.02.

Sousa, V.A., I.P. Robinson and H.H. Hattemer. 2004. Variation and Population Structure at Enzyme Gene Loci in Araucaria angustifolia (Bert.) O. Ktze. Silvae Genetica 53(1):12-19.