Podocarpaceae Dacrydium nidulum de Laub.
Etymology
Dacrydium refers to ‘tear drop’; indicating this tree is resinous.
nidulum refers to ‘nest’; indicating its seed cone is ‘nested’ between elongated leaf-like bracts.
Distribution
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TDWG Codes
4, 42, MOL, SUL, 43, NWG, NWG-IJ, NWG-PN, 6, 60, FIJ
Habitat
The natural habitats for Dacrydium nidulum are subtropical/tropical moist lowland forests. It is naturally found at an elevation of at least 1 up to 800 metres. There are no conifers associated with Dacrydium nidulum that are known of.
Species Continuity
The population trend for Dacrydium nidulum is unknown. There are ongoing threats for Dacrydium nidulum and they are listed as follows:
IUCN Category – LC
According to the IUCN Red List, Dacrydium nidulum 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 Dacrydium nidulum is Dacrydium. The coordinate taxa for Dacrydium nidulum are therefore:
- Dacrydium araucarioides
- Dacrydium balansae
- Dacrydium beccarii
- Dacrydium comosum
- Dacrydium cornwallianum
- Dacrydium cupressinum
- Dacrydium elatum
- Dacrydium ericoides
- Dacrydium gibbsiae
- Dacrydium gracile
- Dacrydium guillauminii
- Dacrydium leptophyllum
- Dacrydium lycopodioides
- Dacrydium magnum
- Dacrydium medium
- Dacrydium nausoriense
- Dacrydium novoguineense
- Dacrydium pectinatum
- Dacrydium spathoides
- Dacrydium x suprinii
- Dacrydium xanthandrum
Dacrydium nidulum is also placed under Podocarpaceae.
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