Podocarpus roraimae
Species of conifer
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Podocarpus roraimae is a species of conifer in the family Podocarpaceae. It is a shrub or small tree endemic to Mount Roraima on the border of southeastern Venezuela and Guyana.[2]
| Podocarpus roraimae | |
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Gymnospermae |
| Division: | Pinophyta |
| Class: | Pinopsida |
| Order: | Araucariales |
| Family: | Podocarpaceae |
| Genus: | Podocarpus |
| Species: | P. roraimae |
| Binomial name | |
| Podocarpus roraimae | |
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It is native to tropical montane rainforest on isolated table mountains (tepuis) from 1,800 to 2,700 metres elevation. It often grows on open rocky plateaus and ravines or sinkholes among small trees and shrubs, including Bejaria sprucei, Daphnopsis steyermarkii, Palicourea jauaensis, Crepinella umbellata, and Weinmannia velutina.[2]
