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Manoao colensoi
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Manoao ( ) is a monotypic genus in the family Podocarpaceae. The single species, M. colensoi, commonly known as manoao (from Māori), silver pine, Westland pine, or white silver pine, is endemic to New Zealand. Before 1996 it was classified in genus Dacrydium or Lagarostrobos, but has recently been recognised as a distinct genus; some botanists still treat it in Lagarostrobos on the basis that it is not phylogenetically distinct from that genus. In molecular phylogenetic analyses Manoao was found to be related to Parasitaxus (a parasitic and monotypic genus from New Caledonia) and Lagarostrobos
Species
Least ConcernSPECIES
- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumTracheophyta
- ClassPinopsida
- OrderPinales
- FamilyPodocarpaceae
General: Manoao colensoi is rated as Least Concerned (LC) according
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 40
- With media
- 2
- Family
- Podocarpaceae
- Collections
- UCMP
- Recorded in
- United States
Wikidata facts
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- taxon
- Image
- Manoao colensoi 11.JPG
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- taxon rank
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- IUCN conservation status
- Least Concern
- taxon name
- Manoao colensoi
- Commons category
- Manoao colensoi
- taxon common name
- Silver Pine
- endemic to
- New Zealand
- short name
- M. colensoi
- taxon range
- New Zealand
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Encyclopedic overview
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Manoao ( ) is a monotypic genus in the family Podocarpaceae. The single species, M. colensoi, commonly known as manoao (from Māori), silver pine, Westland pine, or white silver pine, is endemic to New Zealand. Before 1996 it was classified in genus Dacrydium or Lagarostrobos, but has recently been recognised as a distinct genus; some botanists still treat it in Lagarostrobos on the basis that it is not phylogenetically distinct from that genus. In molecular phylogenetic analyses Manoao was found to be related to Parasitaxus (a parasitic and monotypic genus from New Caledonia) and Lagarostrobos (a single species from Tasmania when narrowly defined), but their exact relationships are unresolved.
Manoao colensoi is a slow-growing evergreen tree up to in height, in shady, wet areas of New Zealand. It is a source of fine, straight and durable timber.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Manoao colensoi” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.