Phyllocladus alpinus
| Phyllocladus alpinus | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Division: | Pinophyta |
| Class: | Pinopsida |
| Order: | Pinales |
| Family: | Podocarpaceae |
| Genus: | Phyllocladus |
| Species: | P. alpinus |
| Binomial name | |
| Phyllocladus alpinus | |
Phyllocladus alpinus, the mountain toatoa or mountain celery pine, is a species of conifer in the Podocarpaceae family. It is found only in New Zealand. The form of this plant ranges from a shrub to a small tree of up to seven metres in height.[1] An example occurrence of P. alpinus is within the understory of beech/podocarp forests in the north part of South Island, New Zealand.[2]
The species contains the flavan-3-ols catechin, epicatechin and phylloflavan (ent-epicatechin-3-δ-(3,4-dihydroxyphenyl)-β-hydroxypentanoate).[3]
See also
- Archeria traversii
- Spenser Ecological District
References
- Leonard Cockayne. 1921. The Vegetation of New Zealand, Published by W. Engelmann, 364 pages
- C. Michael Hogan. 2009. Crown Fern: Blechnum discolor, Globaltwitcher.com, ed. N. Stromberg
Line notes
- ↑ Leonard Cockayne. 1921
- ↑ C. Michael Hogan. 2009
- ↑ Phylloflavan, a characteristic constituent of Phyllocladus species. Lai Yeap Foo, Liana Hrstich and Christian Vilain, Phytochemistry, Volume 24, Issue 7, 1985, Pages 1495–1498, doi:10.1016/S0031-9422(00)81052-3
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