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Species of conifer From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Phyllocladus alpinus, the mountain toatoa or mountain celery pine, is a species of conifer in the family Podocarpaceae. It is found only in New Zealand. The form of this plant ranges from a shrub to a small tree of up to seven metres in height.[1] This species is found in both the North and South Islands.[2] An example occurrence of P. alpinus is within the understory of beech/podocarp forests in the north part of South Island, New Zealand.[3]
| Phyllocladus alpinus | |
|---|---|
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Gymnospermae |
| Division: | Pinophyta |
| Class: | Pinopsida |
| Order: | Araucariales |
| Family: | Podocarpaceae |
| Genus: | Phyllocladus |
| Species: | P. alpinus |
| Binomial name | |
| Phyllocladus alpinus | |
The species contains the flavan-3-ols catechin, epicatechin and phylloflavan (ent-epicatechin-3-δ-(3,4-dihydroxyphenyl)-β-hydroxypentanoate).[4]
This species plays host to the New Zealand endemic beetles Agapanthida morosa and Agapanthida pulchella.[5]
In both 2009 and 2012 it was deemed to be "Not Threatened" under the New Zealand Threat Classification System,[6] and this New Zealand classification was reaffirmed in 2018.[7]
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