Raffi at 14:33, 27 March 2007

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{{Taxobox
| color = lightgreen
| name = Podocarpaceae
| image = Podocarpus macrophyllus inumaki.JPG
| image_width = 240px
| image_caption = ''Podocarpus macrophyllus'' foliage and mature seed cones
| regnum = [[Plantae]]
| divisio = [[Pinophyta]]
| classis = [[Pinophyta|Pinopsida]]
| ordo = [[Pinales]]
| familia = '''Podocarpaceae'''
| familia_authority = [[Stephan Ladislaus Endlicher|Endl.]]
| subdivision_ranks = Genera
| subdivision =
''[[Acmopyle]]'' 
''[[Afrocarpus]]'' 
''[[Dacrycarpus]]'' 
''[[Dacrydium]]'' 
''[[Falcatifolium]]'' 
''[[Halocarpus]]'' 
''[[Lagarostrobos]]'' 
''[[Lepidothamnus]]'' 
''[[Manoao]]'' 
''[[Microcachrys]]'' 
''[[Microstrobos]]'' 
''[[Nageia]]'' 
''[[Parasitaxus]]'' 
''[[Phyllocladus]]'' 
''[[Podocarpus]]'' 
''[[Prumnopitys]]'' 
''[[Retrophyllum]]'' 
''[[Saxegothaea]]'' 
''[[Sundacarpus]]''
}}

'''Podocarpaceae''' is a large family of mainly [[Southern Hemisphere]] [[conifer]]s, with 18-19 genera and about 170-200 species of [[evergreen]] [[tree]]s and [[shrub]]s. The family is a classic member of the [[Antarctic flora]], with its main centres of diversity in [[Australasia ecozone|Australasia]], particularly [[New Caledonia]], [[Tasmania]] and [[New Zealand]], and to a slightly lesser extent, [[Malesia]] and [[South America]] (in the latter, primarily in the [[Andes]] mountains). Several genera extend north of the [[equator]] into [[Indo-China]] and/or the [[Philippines]]. ''[[Podocarpus]]'' additionally reaches as far north as southern [[Japan]] and southern [[China]] in [[Asia]] and [[Mexico]] in [[the Americas]], and ''[[Nageia]]'' into southern [[China]] and southern [[India]]. Two genera also occur in [[Afrotropic|sub-Saharan]] [[Africa]], the widespread ''Podocarpus'' and the endemic ''[[Afrocarpus]]''.

One species, ''Parasitaxus usta'', is unique as the only known [[Parasite|parasitic]] conifer. It occurs on [[New Caledonia]], where it is parasitic on another member of the Podocarpaceae, ''Falcatifolium taxoides''.

The genus ''[[Phyllocladus]]'', here included in Podocarpaceae on genetic evidence, is treated by some botanists in its own family ''Phyllocladaceae''.

==Reference==
Quinn, C. J. & Price, R. A. Phylogeny of the Southern Hemisphere Conifers. ''Proc. Fourth International Conifer Conference'' 129-136 (2003).

==External link==
*[http://www.conifers.org/po/index.htm Gymnosperm Database - Podocarpaceae]

{{Pinophyta}}

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Raffi at 14:33, 27 March 2007