Afrocarpus mannii

Cladus: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Division: Pinophyta
Classis: Pinopsida
Ordo: Pinales
Familia: Podocarpaceae
Genus: Afrocarpus
Species: Afrocarpus mannii

Name

Afrocarpus mannii (Hook.f.) C.N.Page

References

* Notes from the Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh. Edinburgh and Glasgow 45:384. 1989 ("1988")
* USDA, ARS, National Genetic Resources Program. Germplasm Resources Information Network - (GRIN) [Online Database]. [1]

Afrocarpus mannii is an evergreen coniferous tree native to the Afromontane forests of São Tomé Island in the Gulf of Guinea, growing at altitudes of 1,300 m up to the summit at 2,024 m. It was formerly classified as Podocarpus mannii.

It is a small tree, growing 10-15 m tall. The leaves are spirally arranged, lanceolate, 6-8 cm long on mature trees, larger, to 15 cm long and 2 cm broad, on vigorous young trees. The seed cones are highly modified, with a single 2 cm diameter seed with a thin fleshy coating borne on a short peduncle. The pollen cones are 1.5-2.5 cm long, solitary or in pairs on a short stem.
References

* Conifer Specialist Group (2000). Afrocarpus mannii. 2006. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN 2006. www.iucnredlist.org. Retrieved on 26 November 2006.
* Gymnosperm Database: Afrocarpus mannii
* Dallimore, W., & Jackson, A. B. (1966). A Handbook of Coniferae and Ginkgoaceae, 4th ed., revised. Edward Arnold.