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Chapter 55 - Retrophyllum

Podocarpales: Podocarpaceae S.S.

from Part III - Living Arborescent Gymnosperm Genetic Presentations

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 November 2024

Christopher N. Page
Christopher N. Page
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University of Exeter
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Summary

Evergreen small to moderately large trees, at least one of dwarf semi-aquatic habit. Their branch systems are of moderate length and spreading, with superficially symmetric slender minor branchlets forming somewhat flattened or downcurving open foliage sprays. Their leaves are ranked but curiously inversely rotated along one side of each shoot.

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Evolution of the Arborescent Gymnosperms
Pattern, Process and Diversity
 , pp. 357 - 369
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2024

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  • Retrophyllum
  • Christopher N. Page, University of Exeter
  • Book: Evolution of the Arborescent Gymnosperms
  • Online publication: 11 November 2024
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009263108.019
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  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009263108.019
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