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Chapter 72 - Saxegothaea

Podocarpales: Saxegotheaceae

from Part III - Living Arborescent Gymnosperm Genetic Presentations

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 November 2024

Christopher N. Page
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Monoecious, medium-sized evergreen trees of strongly columnar habit, the crown much-branched, the macronodes marking annual growth increments giving rise to strong annual whorls of branchlet systems arising typically in whorls of five. The simple linear foliage is of markedly yew-like form and remains similar throughout the tree.

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Evolution of the Arborescent Gymnosperms
Pattern, Process and Diversity
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