Podocarpus celatus

Podocarpus celatus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Pinophyta
Class: Pinopsida
Order: Pinales
Family: Podocarpaceae
Genus: Podocarpus
Species: P. celatus
Binomial name
Podocarpus celatus
de Laub.

Podocarpus celatus is a species of conifer in the Podocarpaceae family. It is found in the Amazon rainforest.

Description

Trees 10-25 m high; with narrowly elliptic or oblong leaves, 5-15 cm long and 1-2 cm wide; male cones 2-3 cm long; seeds 5-6 mm long.[1][2]

Distribution and habitat

P. celatus grows in lowland rainforests and low montane rainforests between 130 m and 1400 m of elevation in Brazil, Colombia, Peru, Ecuador, Venezuela and Bolivia.[3][4]

Ecology

This species grows on poor soil types: lateritic, sandstone and white sand.[3]

References

  1. ↑ Gonzáles, Rocío Rojas; Werff, Henk van der (2010). Flora del Río Cenepa, Amazonas, Perú (in Spanish). 1. Missouri Botanical Garden Press. p. 122. ISBN 9781930723931.
  2. ↑ Alanes, Daniel (2012). Tratamiento taxonómico y distribución potencial de las especies de Podocarpaceae en Bolivia (Thesis). Universidad Mayor de San Andrés. p. 37.
  3. 1 2 Farjon, Aljos; Filer, Denis (2013). An Atlas of the World's Conifers: An Analysis of their Distribution, Biogeography, Diversity and Conservation Status. BRILL. p. 438. ISBN 9789004211810.
  4. ↑ "Podocarpus celatus". www.iucnredlist.org. Retrieved 2017-07-23.
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