Afrocarpus mannii
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Afrocarpus mannii is an evergreen coniferous tree native to the Afromontane forests of São Tomé Island in the Gulf of Guinea, growing at altitudes of 1,300 m up to the summit at 2,024 m. It was formerly classified as Podocarpus mannii.
It is a small tree, growing 10-15 m tall. The leaves are spirally arranged, lanceolate, 6-8 cm long on mature trees, larger, to 15 cm long and 2 cm broad, on vigorous young trees. The seed cones are highly modified, with a single 2 cm diameter seed with a thin fleshy coating borne on a short peduncle. The pollen cones are 1.5-2.5 cm long, solitary or in pairs on a short stem.
[edit] References
- Conifer Specialist Group (2000). Afrocarpus mannii. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN 2006. Retrieved on 26 November 2006.
- Gymnosperm Database: Afrocarpus mannii
- Dallimore, W., & Jackson, A. B. (1966). A Handbook of Coniferae and Ginkgoaceae, 4th ed., revised. Edward Arnold.
