Podocarpus celatus | |
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Scientific classification
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Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Gymnospermae |
Division: | Pinophyta |
Class: | Pinopsida |
Order: | Araucariales |
Family: | Podocarpaceae |
Genus: | Podocarpus |
Species: | P. celatus
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Binomial name | |
Podocarpus celatus |
Podocarpus celatus is a species of conifer in the family Podocarpaceae. It is found in the Amazon rainforest.
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. [2] [3]
Podocarpus 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. [4] [1]
This species grows on poor soil types: lateritic, sandstone and white sand. [4]