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Chapter 37 - Papuacedrus

Cupressales: Cupressaceae S.S.

from Part III - Living Arborescent Gymnosperm Genetic Presentations

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 November 2024

Christopher N. Page
Christopher N. Page
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University of Exeter
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Summary

Monoecious or dioecious long-lived evergreen trees, with a conical, tapering crown when young, becoming stately with age and irregularly domed, bearing open, widely spaced irregular branch and sub-branch systems. The fresh branchlet undersurfaces are conspicuously white.

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Evolution of the Arborescent Gymnosperms
Pattern, Process and Diversity
 , pp. 622 - 630
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2024

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  • Christopher N. Page, University of Exeter
  • Book: Evolution of the Arborescent Gymnosperms
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