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New Caledonia retrophyllum

Retrophyllum minus

New Caledonia retrophyllum
Photo: Ewen Cameron, CC BY 4.0
Family
Podocarpaceae (Podocarp family)
Grows as
Tree, Shrub
Native range
SE. New Caledonia
Climate
wet tropical

About

Retrophyllum minus, the bois bouchon, is a species of conifer in the family Podocarpaceae. It is a shrub or small tree endemic to New Caledonia.

Where it grows

The species occurs near rivers and lakes of the Plaine des Lakes in the south of Grande Terre. It is a rheophyte (grows in running water), the only such conifer known.

Other Retrophyllum plants

Retrophyllum comptonii · Fijian Podocarp · Retrophyllum piresii · Retrophyllum rospigliosii · Fijian Podocarp · Retrophyllum

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Retrophyllum minus by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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