Falcatifolium taxoides is a species of coniferous tree in the family Podocarpaceae. It is endemic to New Caledonia, and is the only known host of its non-photosynthetic, possibly parasitic relative, Parasitaxus usta.
Taxonomy The species was first described as Dacrydium taxoides by Adolphe-Théodore Brongniart and Jean Antoine Arthur Gris in 1866. In 1969 David John de Laubenfels described the genus Falcatifolium and placed the species there as F. taxoides. Falcatifolium means 'with sickle-shaped leaves', while taxoides means 'yew-like' (resembling Taxus).Gledhill, David (2008). "The Names of Plants". Cambridge University Press. (hardback), (paperback). pp 162, 372
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