Lepidothamnus

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Lepidothamnus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Pinophyta
Class: Pinopsida
Order: Pinales
Family: Podocarpaceae
Genus: Lepidothamnus
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Species

Lepidothamnus fonkii
Lepidothamnus intermedius
Lepidothamnus laxifolius

Lepidothamnus is a genus of conifers belonging to the podocarp family Podocarpaceae. The genus includes three species of dioecious evergreen trees and shrubs, and creepers. L. intermedius and L. laxifolius are native to New Zealand. L. fonkii is native to the Magellanic subpolar forests ecoregion of southern Chile, where it grows as a low shrub or creeper in moorlands and bogs.

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