Podocarpus


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Noun1.Podocarpus - evergreen trees or shrubsPodocarpus - evergreen trees or shrubs; sometimes classified as member of the family Taxaceae
gymnosperm genus - a genus of gymnosperms
family Podocarpaceae, Podocarpaceae, podocarpus family - gymnosperms with simple persistent needlelike or scalelike leaves
podocarp - any evergreen in the southern hemisphere of the genus Podocarpus having a pulpy fruit with one hard seed
Podocarpus coriaceus, yacca, yacca podocarp - West Indian evergreen with medium to long leaves
brown pine, Podocarpus elatus, Rockingham podocarp - large Australian tree with straight-grained yellow wood that turns brown on exposure
African yellowwood, cape yellowwood, Podocarpus elongatus - South African tree or shrub having a rounded crown
Podocarpus latifolius, South-African yellowwood - erect or shrubby tree of Africa having ridged dark grey bark and rigid glossy medium to long leaves
alpine totara, Podocarpus nivalis - low wide-spreading coniferous shrub of New Zealand mountains
Podocarpus totara, totara - valuable timber tree of New Zealand yielding hard reddish wood used for furniture and bridges and wharves
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Podocarpus (1900 m) (10[grados]59'49.2" S, 075[grados]25'57.1"W), Los Cedros (1600 m) (l0[grados]59'43.1"S, 075[grados]25'37.2"W), Santa Isabel (1450 m) (10[grados]58'54.1"S, 075[grados]25'53.3"W) y Nueva Italia (1370 m) (10[grados]59'18.6"S, 075[grados]25'17.3"W).
Plantaciones de pino (circulos gris claros): Pospr Podocarpus sprucei, Orero-Oreopanax rosei, Gevan -Geissanthus vanderwerffii, Gybux-Gynoxis buxifolia.
During a survey of microfungi on bark and wood of Podocarpus parlatorei Pilg.
The surrounding soothing green palette (including Carex divulsa, Japanese maple, and Podocarpus gracilior) comes with accents of silver-blue Dymondia margaretae, Festuca glauca, and Melaleuca incana.
CPC chose easy to care for, local saplings: parlor palms, Earth Stars (Cryptanthus bivittatus), Christmas kolanchoes (Kalanchoe blossfeldiana), Buddhist pines (Podocarpus macrophyllus), and sweet osmanthus.
The main tree species in the mixed indigenous type are Syzygium guineense, Macaranga capensis, Juniperous procera, Podocarpus spp., Ocotea usambarensis, Olea capensis, and Vitex keniensis (MENR 2016).
Los presentes hallazgos concuerdan con lo reportado por investigaciones que indican que el diterpenoide extraido de Podocarpus nagi es un efectivo agonista del sistema biologico protector del estres oxidativo celular (6).
Host tree selection- Five species of tree were selected for the study (Yang, 2009); two preferential host trees, Syzygium buxifolium (S) and Rhododendron moulmainense (R), one general host tree Podocarpus neriifolius (P), and two co-occurring tree species with no known associations with D.