Tags: Conifer.
Retrophyllum is a genus of coniferous gymnosperms in the family Podocarpaceae. It has a disjunct distribution in the Southern Hemisphere. Four or five species are recognized. Fossil RecordRetrophyllum shoots have a distinctive morphology in which the leaves are in opposite pairs and twisted in such a way that the abaxial surface of one leaf is up and in the other it is down.
