 | Libocedrus chevalieri BuchholzCommon NamesTaxonomic notesDescription"A dense, bushy shrub [2-5 m] high. Branchlets fern-like. Leaves decussate, slightly unequal, the lateral pairs broadly triangular, up to [3.5 mm] long, the facial leaves triangular, up to [3 mm] long, free for 2/3 of their length. Male strobili [8-10 mm] long, about [4 mm] across, with 16-18 sporophylls. Cones up to [16 mm] long, their fertile scales cuneate, about [12 mm] long and [6 mm] across. Seed about [6 mm] long, [2-4 mm] across" (2).RangeSE New Caledonia: W slopes Mt Humboldt, rare, 1400-1600m (1).Big TreeOldestDendrochronologyEthnobotanyObservationsRemarksCitations(1) Silba 1986.(2) Dallimore & Jackson 1967. |
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