Podocarpus nivalis, snow totara, branch and foliage on 1 m tall shrub, in the Seattle arboretum [C.J. Earle]. Image width about 7 cm.
Common Names
Snow totara.Taxonomic notes
Syn.: P. montanus Colenso 1895 non Britton 1889; P. nivalis var. erectus Cockayne 1916 (1).Description
Decumbent shrub (1).Range
New Zealand: N and S Islands (1).Big Tree
Oldest
Dendrochronology
Ethnobotany
Observations
Remarks
See also Paleobotany of Australia and New Zealand conifers.Citations
(1) Farjon 1998.Podocarpus | Podocarpaceae | home
This page is from the Gymnosperm Database
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Edited by Christopher J. Earle
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Last modified on 6-Feb-2000