Prumnopitys montana

(Humb. et Bonpl. ex Willd.) de Laubenfels 1978

Common names

Chaquiro (Mill and Quinn 2001).

Taxonomic notes

Syn. (Farjon 1998):

• Taxus montana Humb. et Bonpl. ex Willd. 1806;
• Podocarpus montanus (Humb. et Bonpl. ex Willd.) Lodd. ex Britton 1889;
• Nageia montana (Humb. et Bonpl. ex Willd.) Kuntze 1891;
• Podocarpus taxifolius Kunth in Humboldt et al. 1817;
• Podocarpus taxifolius Kunth var. communis Kunth in Humboldt et al. 1817;
• Dacrydium distichum D. Don in Lambert 1828;
• Stachycarpus taxifolius (Kunth) Tiegh. 1891;
• Podocarpus taxifolius Kunth var. densifolius Kunth in Humboldt et al. 1817;
• Podocarpus montanus (Humb. et Bonpl. ex Willd.) Lodd. var. diversifolius Dallim. et A.B. Jacks. 1923;
• Podocarpus montanus (Humb. et Bonpl. ex Willd.) Lodd. var. densifolius J. Buchholz et N.E. Gray 1948;
• Podocarpus montanus (Humb. et Bonpl. ex Willd.) Lodd. var meridensis J. Buchholz et N.E. Gray 1948.

Description

Range

Colombia, Ecuador, N Peru and W Venezuela (Farjon 1998).

Big tree

Oldest

Dendrochronology

Ethnobotany

Observations

Remarks

Citations

Mill, R.R. and C.J. Quinn. 2001. Prumnopitys andina reinstated as the correct name for "lleuque", the Chilean conifer recently renamed P. spicata (Podocarpaceae). Taxon 50(4):1143-1154.

See also

Nieto, V. M. and J. Rodriguez. 2003. Podocarpus montanus. Species description in the Tropical Tree Seed Manual. Available http://www.rngr.net/Publications/ttsm/Folder.2003-07-11.4726 (accessed 2007.08.31).