Sundacarpus

Sundacarpus
Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Gymnospermae
Division: Pinophyta
Class: Pinopsida
Order: Araucariales
Family: Podocarpaceae
Genus: Sundacarpus
(J.Buchholz & N.E.Gray) C.N.Page
Species:
S. amarus
Binomial name
Sundacarpus amarus
(Blume) C.N.Page
Synonyms
8 synonyms
  • Nageia amara (Blume) F.Muell.
  • Podocarpus amara Blume
  • Prumnopitys amara (Blume) de Laub.
  • Stachycarpus amarus (Blume) Gaussen
  • Nageia eurhyncha (Miq.) Kuntze
  • Podocarpus dulcamara Seem.
  • Podocarpus eurhyncha Miq.
  • Podocarpus pedunculatus F.M.Bailey

Sundacarpus is a genus of conifers containing a single species Sundacarpus amarus, belonging to the family Podocarpaceae. Sundacarpus was designated a genus by Christopher Nigel Page in 1989; formerly it had been classified variously as a species of Podocarpus or of Prumnopitys. In Australia it is treated as Prumnopitys amara (Blume) de Laub.