Afrocarpus falcatus

Podocarpaceae Afrocarpus falcatus (Thunb.) C. N. Page

Etymology
Afrocarpus refers to ‘African’ (afro) and ‘fruit’ (carpus); indicating its habitat in Africa.
falcatus refers to ‘sickle-shaped’; inicating the shape of the leaves it sometimes shows.

Colloquial Name
Outeniqua yellowwood

Distribution

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TDWG Codes
2, 26, MLW, MOZ, 27, CPP, CPP-EC, CPP-WC, NAT, OFS, SWZ, TVL, TVL-GA, TVL-MP, TVL-NP

Habitat
The natural habitats for Afrocarpus falcatus are subtropical/tropical moist lowland forests, subtropical/tropical moist montane forests. It is naturally found at an elevation of at least 1 up to 1700 metres. Other conifers associated with Afrocarpus falcatus are:

USDA Hardiness zone – 10
Afrocarpus falcatus is hardy to USDA Zone 10 (Bannister & Neuner, 2001), meaning its frost tolerance lies somewhere in the range of -1.1C (30F) to 4.4C (40F).

Species Continuity
The population trend for Afrocarpus falcatus is unknown. There are ongoing threats for Afrocarpus falcatus and they are listed as follows:

• 2 Overexploitation & Resource Use
  • 2.1 Logging & Wood Harvesting

IUCN Category – LC
According to the IUCN Red List, Afrocarpus falcatus has been assigned the status of LC(Least Concern). This means that according to the Red List criteria, this species is not qualified as threatened.

Superordinate Taxa
The nearest superordinate taxon for Afrocarpus falcatus is Afrocarpus. The coordinate taxa for Afrocarpus falcatus are therefore:

Afrocarpus falcatus is also placed under Podocarpaceae.

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