Sundacarpus is a genus

Genus

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 of conifers containing a single species

Species

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 Sundacarpus amarus, belonging to the family Podocarpaceae

Podocarpaceae

Podocarpaceae is a large family of mainly Southern Hemisphere conifers, comprising about 156 species of evergreen trees and shrubs. It contains 19 genera if Phyllocladus is included and if Manoao and Sundacarpus are recognized....

. Sundacarpus was designated a genus by C.N.Page in 1989; formerly it had been classified variously as a species of Podocarpus

Podocarpus

Podocarpus is a genus of conifers, the most numerous and widely distributed of the podocarp family Podocarpaceae. The 105 species of Podocarpus are evergreen shrubs or trees from 1-25 m in height...

or of Prumnopitys

Prumnopitys

Prumnopitys is a genus of conifers belonging to the podocarp family Podocarpaceae. The eight recognised species of Prumnopitys are densely-branched, dioecious evergreen trees up to 40 metres in height. The leaves are similar to those of the yew, strap-shaped, 1-4 cm long and 2-3 mm broad, with a...

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Sundacarpus is a large evergreen

Evergreen

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 tree, 10-60 m in height, with a trunk from 12-140 cm in diameter. The leaves

Leaf

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 are 5-15 cm long and narrow.

S. amarus is native to parts of Australia

Australia

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 and Malesia

Malesia

Malesia is a biogeographical region straddling the boundaries of the Indomalaya ecozone and Australasia ecozone, and also a phytogeographical floristic region in the Paleotropical Kingdom.-Floristic province:...

. In Australia, the genus is found only in Queensland

Queensland

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, primarily on the Atherton Tableland

Atherton Tableland

The Atherton Tableland is a fertile plateau which is part of the Great Dividing Range in Queensland, Australia. It is located west to south-south-west inland from Cairns, well into the tropics, but its elevated position provides a climate suitable for dairy farming. It has an area of around...

 and adjacent parts of northeastern coastal Queensland. It is quite common in New Guinea

New Guinea

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, New Britain

New Britain

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, and New Ireland

New Ireland (island)

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, where they are often found in montane forests together with southern beech (Nothofagus). Sundacarpus is also found on the Indonesian islands of Buru

Buru

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, Halmahera

Halmahera

Halmahera is the largest island in the Maluku Islands. It is part of the North Maluku province of Indonesia.Halmahera has a land area of 17,780 km² and a population in 1995 of 162,728...

, Morotai

Morotai

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, Sulawesi

Sulawesi

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, Lombok

Lombok

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, Flores

Flores

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, Timor

Timor

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, Sumbawa

Sumbawa

Sumbawa is an Indonesian island, located in the middle of the Lesser Sunda Islands chain, with Lombok to the west, Flores to the east, and Sumba further to the southeast. It is in the province of West Nusa Tenggara....

, Java, Sumatra

Sumatra

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, and Sabah

Sabah

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 province on the island of Borneo

Borneo

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; also Mindanao

Mindanao

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 and Luzon

Luzon

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 in the Philippines

Philippines

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