Halocarpus is a genus of conifers of the family Podocarpaceae.[1] The genus includes three closely related species of evergreen trees and shrubs, all endemic to New Zealand.[2]

Halocarpus
Halocarpus bidwillii in Wilderness Scientific Reserve, Southland region, South Island of New Zealand
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Gymnospermae
Division: Pinophyta
Class: Pinopsida
Order: Araucariales
Family: Podocarpaceae
Genus: Halocarpus
C.J.Quinn
Type species
Halocarpus bidwillii
Species

Extant species

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Phylogeny of Halocarpus[3][4]

Three species are accepted as of July 2019:[5][6][7]

Image Scientific name Common Name Distribution
  Halocarpus bidwillii (Hook.f. ex Kirk) C.J.Quinn bog pine or mountain pine New Zealand
  Halocarpus biformis (Hook.) C.J.Quinn yellow pine or pink pine New Zealand
  Halocarpus kirkii (F.Muell. ex Parl.) C.J.Quinn monoao New Zealand

References

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  1. ^ Christopher N. Page. 1990. "Podocarpaceae" pages 332-346. In: Klaus Kubitzki (general editor); Karl U. Kramer and Peter S. Green (volume editors) The Families and Genera of Vascular Plants volume I. Springer-Verlag: Berlin; Heidelberg, Germany. ISBN 978-0-387-51794-0
  2. ^ James E. Eckenwalder. 2009. Conifers of the World. Timber Press: Portland, OR, USA. ISBN 978-0-88192-974-4.
  3. ^ Stull, Gregory W.; Qu, Xiao-Jian; Parins-Fukuchi, Caroline; Yang, Ying-Ying; Yang, Jun-Bo; Yang, Zhi-Yun; Hu, Yi; Ma, Hong; Soltis, Pamela S.; Soltis, Douglas E.; Li, De-Zhu; Smith, Stephen A.; Yi, Ting-Shuang; et al. (2021). "Gene duplications and phylogenomic conflict underlie major pulses of phenotypic evolution in gymnosperms". Nature Plants. 7 (8): 1015–1025. Bibcode:2021NatPl...7.1015S. bioRxiv 10.1101/2021.03.13.435279. doi:10.1038/s41477-021-00964-4. PMID 34282286. S2CID 232282918.
  4. ^ Stull, Gregory W.; et al. (2021). "main.dated.supermatrix.tree.T9.tre". Figshare. doi:10.6084/m9.figshare.14547354.v1. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  5. ^ "Halocarpus C.J.Quinn". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 2019-07-03.
  6. ^ "Halocarpus () description". The Gymnosperm Database. 2019-05-08. Retrieved 2019-07-02.
  7. ^ "Name - Halocarpus Quinn". Tropicos. 2019-07-01. Retrieved 2019-07-02.
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