Pectinopitys is a small genus of conifers from South America and Oceania belonging to the podocarp family, Podocarpaceae. It was split out from the Prumnopitys complex by Christopher Nigel Page in 2019[1] and is still considered as closely allied to this genus and Sundacarpus.
Pectinopitys | |
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Pectinopitys ferruginea | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Gymnospermae |
Division: | Pinophyta |
Class: | Pinopsida |
Order: | Araucariales |
Family: | Podocarpaceae |
Genus: | Pectinopitys C.N.Page |
Type species | |
Pectinopitys ferruginea |
Species
edit- Pectinopitys exigua (de Laub.) C.N.Page, Bolivia
- Pectinopitys ferruginea (G.Benn. ex D.Don) C.N.Page, New Zealand
- Pectinopitys ferruginoides (Compton) C.N.Page, New Caledonia
- Pectinopitys harmsiana (Pilg.) C.N.Page, South America
- Pectinopitys ladei (F.M.Bailey) C.N.Page, Queensland, Australia
- Pectinopitys standleyi (J.Buchholz & N.E.Gray) C.N.Page, Costa Rica
References
edit- ^ Page, Christopher N. (2019). "New and maintained genera in the taxonomic alliance of Prumnopitys s.l. (Podocarpaceae), and circumscription of a new genus: Pectinopitys". New Zealand Journal of Botany. 57 (3): 137–153. Bibcode:2019NZJB...57..137P. doi:10.1080/0028825X.2019.1625933. S2CID 198252718.