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Retrophyllum is a genus of conifer trees and shrubs in the podocarp family, with five recognized species from Papuasia, the Pacific and South America. It is a tall forest tree in the wild and is rarely grown in gardens, so practical care is limited.
Retrophyllum is a genus of conifers in the family Podocarpaceae. It contains five generally recognized extant species with a disjunct distribution in the Southern Hemisphere, found in Papuasia and also in South America. Retrophyllum are trees and shrubs typically occurring in tropical rainforests and cloud forests.
Retrophyllum has a naturally disjunct distribution covering the Maluku Islands of Indonesia, New Guinea, New Britain and New Ireland in the Asia-Pacific region, Fiji, New Caledonia and Vanuatu in the Pacific and parts of Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru and Venezuela in South America. The species Retrophyllum minus occurs in riparian and lacustrine habitats on ultramafic soils in New Caledonia. The other species usually grow in tropical lowland or montane rainforests or cloud forests.
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