Acmopyle
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Gymnospermae |
| Division: | Pinophyta |
| Class: | Pinopsida |
| Order: | Araucariales |
| Family: | Podocarpaceae |
| Genus: | Acmopyle Pilg.[1] |
| Type species | |
| Acmopyle pancheri | |
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Acmopyle is a genus of conifers belonging to the family Podocarpaceae. It includes two species of evergreen trees, each endemic to separate islands of the southwestern Pacific Ocean.[1][3]
Accepted species
[edit]As of June 2025[update], Plants of the World Online accepts the following two species:[1]
- Acmopyle pancheri (Brongn. & Gris) Pilg. – New Caledonia (endemic)
- Acmopyle sahniana Buchholz & N.E.Gray – Fiji (endemic)
References
[edit]- ^ a b c "Acmopyle Pilg". Plants of the World Online. Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 2025. Retrieved 11 June 2025.
- ^ "Acmopyle Pilg., Pflanzenr. (Engler) 18: 117 (1903)". International Plant Names Index (IPNI). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 2025. Retrieved 11 June 2025.
- ^ "Acmopyle Pilg". Catalogue of Life. Species 2000 & ITIS. doi:10.48580/dgqdn. Retrieved 11 June 2025.
- Hill, R.S. and Carpenter, R. 1991. Evolution of Acmopyle and Dacrycarpus (Podocarpaceae) foliage as inferred from macrofossils in south-eastern Australia. Australian Systematic Botany, 4: 449-79.
- de Laubenfels, David J. 1972. No. 4, Gymnospermes, in A. Aubréville and Jean-F. Leroy, eds., Flore de la Nouvelle-Calédonie et Dépendances. Paris: Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle.
- Pole, M.S., 1997. Miocene conifers from the Manuherikia Group, New Zealand. Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand, 27: 355-370.
- Vidakovic, Mirko. 1991. Conifers: morphology and variation. Translated from Croatian by Maja Soljan. Croatia: Graficki Zavod Hrvatske.