Dacrycarpus imbricatus

Podocarpaceae Dacrycarpus imbricatus (Blume) de Laub.

Etymology
Dacrycarpus refers to ‘tear drop fruit’; indicating its seed cones resemble tear drops.
imbricatus refers to ‘imbricate’; indicating its leaves are overlapping on primary shoots.

Subordinate Taxa
There exist 3 subordinate taxa for Dacrycarpus imbricatus:

Distribution

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TDWG Codes
3, 36, CHC, CHC-YN, CHH, CHS, CHS-GX, 4, 41, CBD, LAO, MYA, THA, VIE, 42, BOR, BOR-BR, BOR-KA, BOR-SB, BOR-SR, JAW, LSI, LSI-BA, LSI-ET, LSI-LS, MLY, MLY-PM, PHI, SUL, SUM, 43, BIS, NWG, NWG-IJ, NWG-PN, 6, 60, FIJ, VAN

Habitat
The natural habitats for Dacrycarpus imbricatus are subtropical/tropical moist lowland forests, subtropical/tropical moist montane forests. It is naturally found at an elevation of at least 3000 up to 3000 metres. There are no conifers associated with Dacrycarpus imbricatus that are known of.

USDA Hardiness zone – 10
Dacrycarpus imbricatus 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 Dacrycarpus imbricatus is decreasing. There are ongoing threats for Dacrycarpus imbricatus and they are listed as follows:

• 1 Habitat Loss & Degradation
  • 1.1 Agriculture & Forestry
• 2 Overexploitation & Resource Use
  • 2.1 Logging & Wood Harvesting

IUCN Category – LC
According to the IUCN Red List, Dacrycarpus imbricatus 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 Dacrycarpus imbricatus is Dacrycarpus. The coordinate taxa for Dacrycarpus imbricatus are therefore:

Dacrycarpus imbricatus is also placed under Podocarpaceae.

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