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 , Plants of the World Online accepted twenty one species:
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.
References
de Laubenfels, David J. 1969. A revision of the Melanesia and Pacific rainforest conifers, I. Podocarpaceae, in part. Journal of the Arnold Arboretum 50:274-314. Quinn, C.J. 1982. Taxonomy of Dacrydium Sol. ex Lamb. emend. de Laub. (Podocarpaceae). Australian Journal of Botany 30: 311-320.