Pectinopitys

Pectinopitys
Pectinopitys ferruginea
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Gymnospermae
Division:	Pinophyta
Class:	Pinopsida
Order:	Araucariales
Family:	Podocarpaceae
Genus:	Pectinopitys C.N.Page
Type species
Pectinopitys ferruginea (G.Benn. ex D.Don) C.N.Page
Synonyms [1]
StachypitysA.V.Bobrov & Melikyan

Pectinopitys is a small genus of conifers from South America and Australasia belonging to the podocarp family, Podocarpaceae. It was split out from the Prumnopitys complex by Christopher Nigel Page in 2019 ^[2] and is still considered as closely allied to this genus and Sundacarpus .

Species

• Pectinopitys exigua (de Laub.) C.N.Page – Bolivia
• Pectinopitys ferruginea (G.Benn. ex D.Don) C.N.Page – New Zealand
• Pectinopitys ferruginoides (Compton) C.N.Page – New Caledonia
• Pectinopitys harmsiana (Pilg.) C.N.Page – South America
• Pectinopitys ladei (F.M.Bailey) C.N.Page – Queensland, Australia
• Pectinopitys standleyi (J.Buchholz & N.E.Gray) C.N.Page – Costa Rica

References

1. "Pectinopitys C.N.Page". Plants of the World Online . Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew . Retrieved 11 March 2025.
2. Page, Christopher N. (2019). "New and maintained genera in the taxonomic alliance of Prumnopitys s.l. (Podocarpaceae), and circumscription of a new genus: Pectinopitys". New Zealand Journal of Botany. 57 (3): 137–153. Bibcode:2019NZJB...57..137P. doi:10.1080/0028825X.2019.1625933. S2CID   198252718.