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Podocarpus nivalis, snow totara, branch and foliage on 1 m tall shrub, in the Seattle arboretum [C.J. Earle]. Image width about 7 cm. 		Podocarpus nivalis Hook. 1843

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.
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This page is from the Gymnosperm Database
URL: http://www.geocities.com/RainForest/Canopy/2285/po/po/nivalis.htm
Edited by Christopher J. Earle
E-mail: earlecj@earthlink.net
Last modified on 6-Feb-2000

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