Classification
Class
Pinopsida
Order
Pinales Gorozh.
Family
Cupressaceae Gray
 Subordinate Taxa
 Nomenclature
Scientific Name:
Libocedrus Endl., Syn. Conif. 42 (1847)
Vernacular Name(s):
Cedar (NZ); incense cedar
 Description

Plants monoec., rarely dioec.; strobili terminal on short branchlets. Male strobili with 6–12 decussately arranged sporophylls, broadly ovate to subpeltate, with prominent apiculus; sporangia 4, free, pend. Female branchlets with 4 decussate carpidia, inner pair ovulate; ovules erect, collateral; mature carpidia hardening to form a cone, with short or long mucro; cone finally gaping. Ripe seeds compressed, unequally winged. Trees with opp., imbricate lvs.

[From: Allan (1961) Flora of New Zealand. Volume 1.]

 Biostatus
Indigenous (Non-endemic)
Number of species in New Zealand within Libocedrus Endl.
CategoryNumber
Indigenous (Endemic)2
Total2
 Bibliography
Endlicher, S.L. 1847: Synopsis coniferarum. Scheitlin & Zollikofer, St Gallen.
Farjon, A 2001: World Checklist and Bibliography of Conifers. Edition 2. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Richmond.
Farjon, A. 2017: A Handbook of the World's Conifers. Edition 2. Btill, Leiden.
Mabberley, D.J. 2008: Mabberley's plant book, a portable dictionary of plants, their classification and uses. Edition 3. Cambridge University Press.
Mabberley, D.J. 2017: Mabberley's plant book, a portable dictionary of plants, their classification and uses. Edition 4. Cambridge University Press.