Genus Lepidothamnus (Noun)
Meaning
Small usually shrubby conifers.
Classification
Nouns denoting plants.
Examples
- Lepidothamnus is a genus of small usually shrubby conifers, found in New Zealand and southern South America.
- Yellow cedar and whitebark yellow cedar are among the two coniferous tree species of the genus Lepidothamnus native to New Zealand.
- These trees have stiff and aromatic scale-like leaves in opposite decussate pairs on long shoots of the genus Lepidothamnus.
- Members of the genus Lepidothamnus grow slowly in subalpine environments where tree growth is slow and lifespan can exceed hundreds of years.
- Taxonomically Lepidothamnus belongs to the Podocarpaceae family which contains 19 other coniferous genera besides Lepidothamnus.