Dacrydium is a genus of conifers in the family Podocarpaceae, containing sixteen species of dioecious trees and shrubs. The genus was first described by Solander in 1786, and formerly included many more species, which were divided into sections A, B, and C by Florin in 1931. The revisions of de Laubenfels and Quinn (see references), reclassified the former section A as the new genus Falcatifolium, divided Section C into new genera Lepidothamnus, Lagarostrobos and Halocarpus, and retained Section B as genus Dacrydium.
Species
As of March 2025, Plants of the World Online accepted twenty one species:
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Phylogeny of Dacrydium
| Image | Scientific name | Distribution |
|---|---|---|
| Dacrydium araucarioides | New Caledonia | |
| Dacrydium balansae | New Caledonia | |
| Dacrydium beccarii | Indonesia, Malaysia, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Solomon Islands | |
| Dacrydium comosum | Peninsular Malaysia | |
| Dacrydium cupressinum | New Zealand | |
| Dacrydium cornwallianum | Indonesia, Papua New Guinea | |
| Dacrydium elatum | Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Thailand, Vietnam | |
| Dacrydium ericoides | Malaysia | |
| Dacrydium gibbsiae | Borneo, Mount Kinabalu | |
| Dacrydium gracile | Malaysia | |
| Dacrydium guillauminii | New Caledonia | |
| Dacrydium leptophyllum | Indonesia | |
| Dacrydium lycopodioides | New Caledonia | |
| Dacrydium magnum | Indonesia, Papua New Guinea | |
| Dacrydium medium | Indonesia, Malaysia | |
| Dacrydium nausoriense | Fiji | |
| Dacrydium nidulum | Fiji, Indonesia, Papua New Guinea | |
| Dacrydium novo-guineense | Papua New Guinea | |
| Dacrydium pectinatum | Borneo, Hainan, Philippines, Sumatra | |
| Dacrydium spathoides | Indonesia | |
| Dacrydium xanthandrum | Indonesia, Malaysia, Papua New Guinea, Philippines |
Distribution
The natural range of Dacrydium extends from New Zealand, New Caledonia, Fiji and the Solomon Islands through Malesia (New Guinea, Indonesia, Malaysia and the Philippines), to Thailand and southern China.
