English: Podocarps; Yellow-wood family.
Botany: 19 genera; ± 180 species; Southern Hemisphere; evergreen trees and shrubs; conifers.
TaxonomyPodocarpaceae is a
Family in the Order
Pinales. They are common in the Southern hemisphere, supporting the view that the
Podocarpaceae had an extensive distribution over southern Gondwanaland.
In the
Plant theory Podocarpaceae is in
Pinales,
Pinidae.
Podocarpaceae is placed in
Subphase 3.
IntroductionThey are confused about which belief system to choose.