Falcatifolium taxoides

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Falcatifolium taxoides
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Gymnospermae
Division: Pinophyta
Class: Pinopsida
Order: Araucariales
Family: Podocarpaceae
Genus: Falcatifolium
Species:
F. taxoides
Binomial name
Falcatifolium taxoides
Synonyms[2]
  • Dacrydium taxoides Brongn. & Gris (1866)
  • Nageia taxoides (Brongn. & Gris) Kuntze
  • Pinus falciformis Parl.
  • Podocarpus taxodioides Carrière
  • Podocarpus taxodioides var. gracilis Carrière

Falcatifolium taxoides is a species of conifer in the family Podocarpaceae. It is a tree found only in New Caledonia, and is the only known host of its non-photosynthetic, possibly parasitic relative, Parasitaxus usta.

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