Prumnopitys harmsiana

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Prumnopitys harmsiana
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Pinophyta
Class: Pinopsida
Order: Pinales
Family: Podocarpaceae
Genus: Prumnopitys
Species: P. harmsiana
Binomial name
Prumnopitys harmsiana
(Pilg.) de Laub.

Prumnopitys harmsiana (Ulcumano; syn. Podocarpus harmsianus Pilg.) is a species of Prumnopitys, native to the Andes in Bolivia, Colombia, Peru, and Venezuela.

It is a medium-sized tree similar to Prumnopitys andina. The leaves are 2–3 cm long and 2–3 mm broad, with a short spine tip. The cones are highly modified, bearing a few drupe-like seeds, each seed with a thin fleshy coat.

[edit] References

  • Conifer Specialist Group 1998. Prumnopitys harmsiana. Downloaded on 10 July 2007.
  • Dallimore, W., & Jackson, A. B. (1966). A Handbook of Coniferae and Ginkgoaceae, 4th ed. Arnold, London.


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