| Sundacarpus | |
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| Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney | |
Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Gymnospermae |
| Division: | Pinophyta |
| Class: | Pinopsida |
| Order: | Araucariales |
| Family: | Podocarpaceae |
| Genus: | Sundacarpus (J.Buchholz &N.E.Gray)C.N.Page[2] |
| Species: | S. amarus |
| Binomial name | |
| Sundacarpus amarus (Blume) C.N.Page | |
| Synonyms[3] | |
8 synonyms
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Sundacarpus is a genus of conifers containing a single speciesSundacarpus amarus, belonging to the familyPodocarpaceae.Sundacarpus was designated a genus byChristopher Nigel Page in 1989; formerly it had been classified variously as a species ofPodocarpus or ofPrumnopitys. In Australia it is treated asPrumnopitys amara (Blume) de Laub.[4][5]
Sundacarpus amarus is a large evergreen tree, 10–60 m (33–197 ft) in height, with a trunk from 12–140 cm (4.7–55.1 in) in diameter. The leaves are 5–15 cm (2.0–5.9 in) long and narrow.
Sundacarpus amarus is native to parts ofAustralia andMalesia. In Australia, the genus is found only inQueensland, primarily on theAtherton Tableland and adjacent parts of northeastern coastal Queensland. It is quite common inNew Guinea,New Britain, andNew Ireland, where it is often found in montane forests together withsouthern beech (Nothofagus).Sundacarpus amarus is also found on the Indonesian islands ofBuru,Halmahera,Morotai,Sulawesi,Lombok,Flores,Timor,Sumbawa,Java,Sumatra, inSabah province on the island ofBorneo and onMindanao andLuzon in thePhilippines.
