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Pectinopitys

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Pectinopitys
Pectinopitys ferruginea
Scientific classification Edit this 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

Pectinopitys is a small genus of conifers from South America and Oceania belonging to the podocarp family, Podocarpaceae. It was split out from the Prumnopitys complex by Christopher Nigel Page in 2019[1] and is still considered as closely allied to this genus and Sundacarpus.

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References

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  1. ^ 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.