Podocarpus capuronii

{{Short description|Species of conifer}}

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| status = EN

| status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref = {{cite iucn |author=Farjon, A. |date=2013 |title=Podocarpus capuronii |volume=2013 |page=e.T34160A2848779 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-1.RLTS.T34160A2848779.en |access-date=5 September 2022}}

| genus = Podocarpus

| species = capuronii

| authority = de Laub.

| synonyms_ref = {{cite web |url= https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:687985-1 |title= Podocarpus capuronii de Laub.

|author= |date=n.d. |website=Plants of the World Online |publisher=The Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew |access-date=December 30, 2022}}

| synonyms = Podocarpus capuronii var. woltzii (Gaussen) Silba

Podocarpus capuronii subsp. woltzii (Gaussen) Silba

Podocarpus woltzii Gaussen

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Podocarpus capuronii is a species of conifer in the family Podocarpaceae. It is endemic to Madagascar.

Habitat and range

Podocarpus capuronii is native to the highlands of Madagascar, where it ranges from 1,320 to 2,800 meters elevation. Herbarium specimens have been collected as high as 2000 meters, but it has been observed in subalpine ericoid thickets as high as 2800 meters.

It is found on infertile sandy soils over quartzite or gneiss, on rocky slopes and ridges, and along streams in ravines. This plant slow-growing and stunted in form when growing on open, sandy sites, but in forested areas it can grow to 20 meters tall.

Taxonomy

The Latin specific epithet of capuronii is in honor of the French botanist René Capuron.{{cite web |title=Capuron, René Paul Raymond {{!}} International Plant Names Index |url=https://www.ipni.org/a/1390-1 |website=www.ipni.org |access-date=18 December 2021}}

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