Afrocarpus mannii

Taxobox
name = "Afrocarpus mannii"
status = VU
status_system = iucn2.3
regnum = Plantae
divisio = Pinophyta
classis = Pinopsida
ordo = Pinales
familia = Podocarpaceae
genus = "Afrocarpus"
species = "A. mannii"
binomial = "Afrocarpus mannii"
binomial_authority = (Hook.f.) C.N.Page

"Afrocarpus mannii" is an evergreen coniferous tree native to the Afromontane forests of São Tomé Island in the Gulf of Guinea, growing at altitudes of 1,300 m up to the summit at 2,024 m. It was formerly classified as "Podocarpus mannii".

It is a small tree, growing 10-15 m tall. The leaves are spirally arranged, lanceolate, 6-8 cm long on mature trees, larger, to 15 cm long and 2 cm broad, on vigorous young trees. The seed cones are highly modified, with a single 2 cm diameter seed with a thin fleshy coating borne on a short peduncle. The pollen cones are 1.5-2.5 cm long, solitary or in pairs on a short stem.

References

*IUCN2006|assessors=Conifer Specialist Group|year=2000|id=32770|title=Afrocarpus mannii|downloaded=26 November 2006
* [http://conifers.org/po/af/mannii.htm Gymnosperm Database: "Afrocarpus mannii"]
*Dallimore, W., & Jackson, A. B. (1966). "A Handbook of Coniferae and Ginkgoaceae", 4th ed., revised. Edward Arnold.