A drawing and photograph are available in Salvaña et al. (2018). Otherwise I have found no photos or illustrations.
A drawing and photograph are available in Salvaña et al. (2018). Otherwise I have found no photos or illustrations.
Podocarpus ramosii
None reported as of 2023.01.20.
Type: Philippines, Luzon, Laguna Province, Tayabas, Mt. Banáhao, Jan. 1913, M. Ramos 19581’ (holo US; iso BM, K, L). Syn.: Podocarpus rotundus de Laubenfels 1978, nom. illeg. (previously used for a fossil species) (Mill 2006).
Evergreen trees to 15 m tall and 20 cm dbh. Foliage buds 2.4-3 × 1.6-2 mm with slightly spreading scales. Juvenile and shade leaves linear, 50-80 × 8-13 mm; adult sun leaves oval to elliptic, 10-67 × 5-11 mm; petiole 1-3 mm, apex rounded; upper midrib 0.2-0.3 mm wide and high, lower midrib indistinct. Pollen cone 25-35 × 3 mm with sterile basal scales 1-3 mm long, micro-sporophyll apex triangular. Seed cone on a 4-11 mm peduncle, receptacle 5-7 mm long and red when ripe. Seed globose, within epimatium 7-8 × 5.5-6 mm, not crested (de Laubenfels 1988, Salvaña et al. 2018).
Indonesia: East Borneo (Mt Beratus near Balikpapan) and Philippines (Luzon: Mt Banajao in Laguna Prov. and Lucban in Tayabas Prov.). It has been found in dwarf mossy forest, on Mt Beratus at about 1000 m elevation, and in Luzon at up to 2200 m (de Laubenfels 1988).
The IUCN classifies this species as "Data Deficient". A few collections have been made since it was initially described, and it is now known from two protected areas in the Philippines (Mt Isarog National Park and Bicol National Park, both in Camarines Province; Salvaña et al. 2018), but still virtually nothing is known about its habitat or distribution.
No data as of 2023.01.20.
No use reported as of 2023.01.20. Like most Podocarpus of tree size, it likely has a workable, attractive, decay-resistant wood and thus likely is subject to some exploitation where it occurs in populated areas.
Recent collections have been made in Mt Isarog National Park and Bicol National Park, both in Camarines Province, Philippines (Salvaña et al. 2018).
The epithet honors botanist Maximo Ramos (d. 1932), who made extensive collections in the Philippines, including that of the type specimen (Mill 2006).
Mill, R. R. 2006. A new name for Podocarpus rotundus de Laub. Edinburgh J. Bot. 63:81. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0960428606000424.
Salvaña, Florence Roy P., Willian Sm Gruezo, and Annalee S. Hadsall. 2018. Recent taxonomic notes and new distribution localities of Podocarpus Pers. species in the Philippines. Sibbaldia: The International Journal of Botanic Garden Horticulture 16:99-120.
Last Modified 2023-02-26
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