Podocarpus lophatus

de Laubenfels 1978

Common names

Taxonomic notes

Description

"Small tree. Foliage buds 3 mm long. Adult leaves densely crowded, thick, elliptic, 3 cm by 5 mm, slightly revolute, acute, narrowed at the base to a short 2 mm petiole; midrib above a distinct ridge c. 0.2 mm wide. Pollen cones unknown. Seed with its covering with a distinct crest" (de Laubenfels 1988).

Distribution and Ecology

Philippines: Luzon: endemic to Mt. Tapulao, where found in mossy forest at 1800 m elevation (de Laubenfels 1988).

The IUCN reports that this species is "vulnerable" to extinction in the wild because the population is already very small and restricted in distribution, and could be devastated by a chance occurrence that could be caused by human action.

Remarkable Specimens

Ethnobotany

Observations

Remarks

The epithet is from the Greek for "crested", referring to the seed.

Citations

See also

The species account at Threatened Conifers of the World.