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| | RBGE: Research on Acmopyle pancheri (Podocarpaceae) at RBGE |
 | | Acmopyle pancheri is one of only two species in its genus, and is endemic to New Caledonia. |
 | | We found that Acmopyle had many features of the ‘podocarp’ suite of hydrodynamics characters, such as pollen with functional sacci (‘bladders’) and which floats upwards in a pollination drop. |
 | | These include the fact that, in Acmopyle, pollination drop retraction is an active process, not a passive one as in most Podocarpaceae, and starts immediately upon pollination. |
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