Podocarpus glomeratus is a species of conifer in the Podocarpaceae family. It is found in Bolivia, Ecuador, and Peru.
Peru – Ruiz, Pavon, Bargas, Cusco, Apurimac, Huanico, Junun pasco.
Bolivia, Ecuador.
Tree 10-25m tall. Leaves elloptic to oblong, up to long 18cm and 3cm wide. Bud scales lanceolate. Microsporangiate strobilus axillary, sessile, solitary, long-cylindical, to 5 cm long. Ovulate strobilus with peduncle 10-20 mm long, receptacle 12 mm long with two fused woody, red bracts with divergent apices. Seed ovoid, 10 mm long, 5 mm in diameter, obtuse at apex, cristate
Altitudes from 1800m – 3000m, not usually below 2500m. Above 3000m species is dwarfed.
Gardner 2013. Stevenson 1991.
Family | Podocarpaceae |
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