Tree in habitat, in Jalisco [Mauricio Mantilla Blandon, 2006].

Twig and seed on a tree in habitat, in Jalisco [Mauricio Mantilla Blandon, 2006].

Podocarpus matudae

Lundell 1937

Common Names

Taxonomic notes

Syn (Farjon 1998):
Podocarpus reichei J. Buchholz et N. E. Gray 1948.
Podocarpus matudae Lundell var. reichei (J. Buchholz et N.E. Gray) de Laub. et Silba 1990.
Podocarpus matudae Lundell var. macrocarpus J. Buchholz et N. E. Gray 1948.
Podocarpus matudae Lundell var. jaliscanus de Laub. et Silba 1990.

Description

Large tree. Leaves lanceolate, coriaceous, ridged above the midvein, in two forms, juvenile and adult. Juvenile leaves borne on "vigorous" shoots, up to 15 × 2 cm. Adult leaves on fertile shoots, 3.7-8.9 × 1.3-1.7 cm. Pollen cones sessile, surrounded by broad, keeled, apiculate scales, 34 × 4 mm. Seed cones on peduncles 4-6 mm long, with receptacle of 2 thick, fused scales up to 6 mm long enclosing a seed up to 10 mm long and 8 mm across, with a blunt crest (Dallimore et al. 1967).

Range

Mexico: Chiapas, Jalisco, Puebla, Tamauhipas, Veracruz; El Salvador?; Guatemala: Huehuetenango (Farjon 1998).

Big Tree

Oldest

Dendrochronology

Ethnobotany

Observations

Remarks

Citations

Lundell, Phytologia 1: 212 (1937).