Phyllocladus hypophyllus
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Description
Large short-boled trees to shrubs near the tree line, up to at least 30 m tall.
Bark dark brown to reddish, hard with large lenticels, light brown and granular within, breaking off in large, more or less rectangular scales.
Seed shiny brown, 5-7 mm long.
Distribution
Asia-Tropical: Borneo present; Maluku (Maluku present); New Guinea present; Philippines (Philippines present); Sulawesi (Sulawesi present)
Malesia: Philippines, Borneo, Celebes, Moluccas, New Guinea. .
Notes
The lower elevation occurrences are apparently examples of the phenomenon 'temporary settlement' from established higher elevation populations as described by VAN STEENIS in his Mountain Flora of Java (1972).
Citation
PARL. 1868 – In: DC., Prod. 16: 499
GAUSSEN 1974: p. 16. – In: Gymn. Act. & Foss.: f. 677 p.p.
KENG 1978: p. 267. – In: J. Arn. Arb.: map 3
HENKEL & HOCHSTETTER 1865: Synop. Nadelhölz.: 372
GAUSSEN 1974: p. 17. – In: Gymn. Act. & Foss.: f. 611 p.p., f. 678
VAN ROYEN 1979: p. 9. – In: Alpine Fl. New Guinea: f. 34
KENG 1963: p. 123. – In: Gard. Bull. Sing.: fig.
DE LAUB. 1969: p. 278. – In: J. Arn. Arb.: map 1
FOXW. 1911 – In: Philip J. Sc.: t. 31
PILGER 1903 – In: Pfl. R.: 99
GIBBS 1917: Contr. Phytogeogr. Arfak Mts: 82
Hook.f. 1963: p. 69. – In: Ann. Bot. n.s.: 14 figs., t. 1
WARB. 1900 – In: Monsunia: 194
LANE-POOLE 1925: For. Res. Papua & New Guinea: 74
STAPF 1894 – In: Trans. Linn. Soc. Bot.: 249
GAUSSEN 1974: p. 17. – In: Gymn. Act. & Foss.: f. 679