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Podocarpus nivalis Hook.

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Podocarpus nivalis Hook., Icon. Pl. 6, t. 582 (1843)
Podocarpus nivalis Hook.

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Endemic
Wild
New Zealand
Political Region

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Hook.
Hook.
1843
t. 582
Podocarpus? nivalis
ICN
Podocarpus nivalis Hook.
species
Podocarpus nivalis
Type: New Zealand: [locality unknown]. W. Colenso s.n. (holotype K).

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nivalis

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Podocarpus nivalis Hook.

Prostrate shrub with wide-spreading branches, or suberect up to 3 m. tall, with slender trunk. Lvs close set, spirally arranged, erect or sub-patent, rigid, coriac., margins thickened, linear-oblong, obtuse, ± apiculate, midvein prominent, 0·5-1·5 cm. × 2-4 mm. Male strobili axillary, 0·5-1·5 cm. long (on peduncle 3-5 mm. long) solitary or up to 4 per peduncle, apiculus obtuse. Female branchlet axillary, peduncle 3 mm. long, receptacle of two acute, red, swollen bracts. Seeds solitary ovoid, 3·5-5·5 mm. long, obtusely pointed, nutlike.

Podocarpus nivalis Hook.

2n = 24
n = 12
2n = 38
2n = 38
n = 19
2n = 38
2n = 38
n = 19
2n = 38

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Podocarpus nivalis Hook.
Podocarpus nivalis Hook.
Podocarpus nivalis Hook.
Podocarpus nivalis Hook.
Podocarpus nivalis Hook.
Podocarpus nivalis Hook.
Podocarpus nivalis Hook.
Podocarpus nivalis Hook.
Podocarpus nivalis Hook.
Podocarpus nivalis Hook.
Podocarpus nivalis Hook.
Podocarpus nivalis Hook.
Podocarpus nivalis Hook.
Podocarpus nivalis Hook.
Podocarpus nivalis Hook.
Podocarpus nivalis Hook.
Podocarpus nivalis Hook.
Podocarpus nivalis Hook.
Podocarpus nivalis Hook.
Podocarpus nivalis Hook.
Podocarpus nivalis Hook.
Podocarpus nivalis Hook.
Podocarpus nivalis Hook.
Podocarpus nivalis Hook.
Podocarpus nivalis Hook.
Podocarpus nivalis Hook.
Podocarpus nivalis Hook.
Podocarpus nivalis var. erectus Cockayne
Podocarpus nivalis Hook.

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Podocarpus nivalis Hook.
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typification
Type: New Zealand: [locality unknown]. W. Colenso s.n. (holotype K).

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1471c73c-baa9-41df-b57e-977bf801c845
scientific name
Names_Plants
1 January 2000
23 April 2024
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