Podocarpus totara G.Benn. ex D.Don belongs to the Podocarpaceae family. Flora of the World contains 2 recorded occurrences of this taxon, distributed across 1 country.
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Pinopsida
Order
Pinales
Family
Podocarpaceae
Genus
Podocarpus
Specific Epithet
totara
Authorship
G.Benn. ex D.Don
What is EDGE?
Evolutionary distinctiveness
High
ED 8.2
Sits on a long, isolated branch of the plant tree of life, with relatively few close relatives.
Threat status
IUCN Red List
EDGE score
0.5
Global rank
#550 of 1,090
Top 1,000 globally
This lineage appears to have diverged from its closest living relatives roughly 8 million years ago — a long, lonely branch of the plant tree of life.
Source: Gymnosperms EDGE assessment →Location
New Zealand, Waikato
-37.534917, 175.740389
Location Remarks
Mount Te Aroha. Domain Trail
Collectors
Location
New Zealand, Waikato
-37.534917, 175.740389
Location Remarks
Mount Te Aroha. Domain Trail
Collectors
No collectors specified