New article for Trees and Shrubs Online.
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'Lepidothamnus fonkii' from the website Trees and Shrubs Online (treesandshrubsonline.
The text below is that of Bean (1981) who discussed this taxon under the name Dacrydium fonkii. We have created this hybrid article – Bean’s text under the correct modern name, with appropriate synonymy – whilst we await sponsorship to enable a full revision of this genus to be written. We are re-organising the Podocarpaceae text in this way to enable a new revision of Podocarpus to commence in early 2022.
TC, February 2022.
A shrublet with erect, whipcord branchlets, said to grow no more than 1 ft or so high. Leaves appressed, closely imbricated, keeled at the back, with blunt, incurved tips. Seeds as in L. laxifolium. A native of the coastal area of Chile, mostly below 42° S., where it is often associated with Pilgerodendron uviferum. It is said to be common in the Chonos Archipelago (c. 45° S.). It may not be in cultivation in Britain. Quinn also transfers to Lepidothamnus the New Zealand species D. intermedium, which is a tree to about 50 ft high.