Phyllocladus

Plant Characteristics
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Cultivation

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Scientific Names

Read about Phyllocladus in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture
Phyllocladus (Greek, leaf branch, referring to the phyllodia which are characteristic). Taxaceae. Trees or shrus: branches often whorled; branchlets flattened and expanded into rigid and coriaceous toothed or lobed lf.like cladodia: true lvs. reduced to linear scales: fls. monoecious or dioecious, the male fls. fascicled at the tips of the branchlets, the female fls. sessile on the margins of the cladodia or on peduncle like divisions of the same: ovuliferous scales 1 or several, thick and fleshy, free.Six species, Malaya to the Philippines and New Zeal. P. rhomboidalis, L. C. Rich. (P. asplenifolius, Hook. f.). Tree up to 60 ft., or shrub on mountain tops: persistent branches more or less reticulate, cladodia or deciduous lf.like branchlets cuneate or rhomboidal: lvs. very small, subulate: male catkins 2 or 3 together; female catkins globular, with 1, 2, or 3 fertile scales surmounted by 1 or 2 barren ones. Austral. Occasionally seen in Calif, gardens and eastern conservatories. The following species have also been cult.: P. glaucus, Carr., New Zeal., P. hypophylla, Hook. f.. Borneo, and P. trichomanoides, D. Don., New Zeal. ^CH The above text is from the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture. It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article. Click on "Collapse" in the header to hide this text.

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