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Kōrero: Conifers

New Zealand conifers

Family Genus and species Common name
Kauri (Araucariaceae) Agathis australis Kauri
Cypress (Cupressaceae) Libocedrus bidwillii Kaikawaka, pahautea
  Libocedrus plumosa Kawaka
Podocarp (Podocarpaceae) Dacrydium cupressinum Rimu
  Dacrycarpus dacrydioides Kahikatea
  Halocarpus bidwillii Bog pine
  Halocarpus biformis Pink pine
  Halocarpus kirkii Manoao
  Lepidothamnus intermedius Yellow silver pine
  Lepidothamnus laxifolius Pygmy pine
  Manoao colensoi Silver pine
  Podocarpus acutifolius Needle-leaved tōtara
  Podocarpus hallii Hall’s tōtara
  Podocarpus nivalis Snow tōtara
  Podocarpus totara Tōtara
  Prumnopitys ferruginea Miro
  Prumnopitys taxifolia Mataī
Celery pine (Phyllocladaceae) Phyllocladus alpinus Mountain toatoa
  Phyllocladus toatoa Toatoa
  Phyllocladus trichomanoides Tanekaha, celery pine

New Zealand’s 20 species of conifer belong to four families. The largest is the podocarp family, with seven genera represented, including the genus Manoao, which is found nowhere else in the world.

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Te Ara - The Encyclopedia of New Zealand

Source: University of Auckland

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Maggy Wassilieff, Conifers – What are conifers?, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/table/12629/new-zealand-conifers (accessed 4 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Maggy Wassilieff, i tāngia i te 1 March 2009.

Comments

Peter Rombouts
06 May 2012
the common name of Halocarpus kirkii is incorrectly spelled as Manoao which is another name used for another conifer tree called Silver pine (Manoao colensoi). it should be spelled Monoao without the first 'a'and replaced with an 'o'.