Podocarpaceae Sundacarpus amarus (Blume) C.N. Page
Etymology
Sundacarpus refers to ‘Sunda fruit’, where Sunda refers to the Sunda archipelago; indicating its habitat.
amarus refers to ‘bitter’; indicating the taste of its fruit (fleshy epimatium).
Distribution
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TDWG Codes
4, 42, BOR, BOR-SB, JAW, LSI, LSI-ET, LSI-LS, MOL, PHI, SUL, SUM, 43, BIS, NWG, NWG-IJ, NWG-PN, 5, 50, QLD, QLD-QU
Habitat
The natural habitats for Sundacarpus amarus are subtropical/tropical moist lowland forests, subtropical/tropical moist montane forests. The natural elevation is unknown. There are no conifers associated with Sundacarpus amarus that are known of.
USDA Hardiness zone – 10
Sundacarpus amarus 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 Sundacarpus amarus is decreasing. There are ongoing threats for Sundacarpus amarus and they are listed as follows:
IUCN Category – LC
According to the IUCN Red List, Sundacarpus amarus 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 Sundacarpus amarus is Sundacarpus. Because Sundacarpus contains only one species, this taxon is considered as monotypic.Sundacarpus amarus is also placed under Podocarpaceae.
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