Podocarpus tepuiensis

J.Buchholz & N.E. Gray (1948)

Common names

No data as of 2026-01-23.

Taxonomic notes

"Type: Venezuela, Estado Bolivar, Ptari-Tepui, J.A. Steyermark 59716 (holotype, F)" (Stevenson 1991).

Description

"Shrub to small tree 2-10 m tall. Leaves elliptic to oblong-lanceolate, 1.5-2.5 cm long, 0.3-5 cm wide, sessile to subsessile, acute at apex, with a median groove in upper surface and a median ridge on lower surface, cuneate at base, margin flat to slightly revolute. Bud scales broadly triangular and apiculate. Microsporangiate strobilus axillary, sessile, solitary, long-cylindical, to 2 cm long. Ovulate strobilus with short peduncle 1-2 mm long, receptacle 4-5 mm long, with two fused bracts with divergent apices. Seed ovoid, 7 mm long, 4 mm in diameter, obtuse and distinctly cristate at apex" (Stevenson 1991).

Distribution and Ecology

"Endemic to eastern Venezuela at 950-2100 m. Not yet known from the Guianas but definitely to be found, as specimens from tepuis in Venezuela near the border with Guyana are known" (Stevenson 1991).

Remarkable Specimens

No data as of 2026-01-23.

Ethnobotany

No data as of 2026-01-23.

Observations

No data as of 2026-01-23.

Remarks

The epithet denotes this species' presence on tepuis, those remarkable sandstone plateaux of northern South America.

Citations

Buchholz, J. T. and N. E. Gray. 1948. A Taxonomic Revision of Podocarpus. IV. The American Species of Section Eupodocarpus, Sub-Sections C and D. Journal of the Arnold Arboretum 29:123-151.

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