
plum pines
Podocarpus
Podocarpus (/ˌpoʊdəˈkɑːrpəs/) is a genus of conifers, the most numerous and widely distributed of the podocarp family, Podocarpaceae. Podocarpus are evergreen shrubs or trees, usually from 1 to 25 metres (3 to 82 ft) tall, known to reach 40 metres (130 ft) at times. The cones have two to five fused cone scales which form a fleshy, berry-like, brightly coloured receptacle at maturity. The fleshy cones attract birds which then eat the cones and disperse the seeds in...
60 branches of this genus, most-observed first

kusamaki
speciesPodocarpus macrophyllus
Tōtara
speciesPodocarpus totara

real yellowwood
speciesPodocarpus latifolius

Hall's totara
speciesPodocarpus laetus

arius
speciesPodocarpus costalis

snow totara
speciesPodocarpus nivalis

Plum Pine
speciesPodocarpus elatus

Henkel's yellowwood
speciesPodocarpus henkelii

Breede River Yellowwood
speciesPodocarpus elongatus

Nakai yellowwood
speciesPodocarpus nakaii

Podocarpus oleifolius
speciesPodocarpus oleifolius

willow podocarp
speciesPodocarpus salignus

Chilean totara
speciesPodocarpus nubigenus

mountain plum-pine
speciesPodocarpus lawrencii

dwarf plum-pine
speciesPodocarpus spinulosus

emu berry
speciesPodocarpus drouynianus
Podocarpus matudae
speciesPodocarpus matudae

Northern Brown Pine
speciesPodocarpus grayae

Podocarpus sprucei
speciesPodocarpus sprucei

Pino Blanco
speciesPodocarpus parlatorei

Podocarpus lambertii
speciesPodocarpus lambertii

Needle Leaved Tōtara
speciesPodocarpus acutifolius

Podocarpus glomeratus
speciesPodocarpus glomeratus

Podocarpus neriifolius
speciesPodocarpus neriifolius

yucca plum pine
speciesPodocarpus coriaceus

Thitmin
speciesPodocarpus fasciculus

Podocarpus laetus × Podocarpus nivalis
hybridPodocarpus laetus × Podocarpus nivalis
Podocarpus polystachyus
speciesPodocarpus polystachyus

British Honduras yellowwood
speciesPodocarpus guatemalensis

Podocarpus capuronii
speciesPodocarpus capuronii

East African Yellowwood
speciesPodocarpus milanjianus

Podocarpus madagascariensis
speciesPodocarpus madagascariensis

Podocarpus laetus × Podocarpus totara
hybridPodocarpus laetus × Podocarpus totara

Podocarpus rumphii
speciesPodocarpus rumphii

Podocarpus sellowii
speciesPodocarpus sellowii

Podocarpus dispermus
speciesPodocarpus dispermus

Podocarpus gnidioides
speciesPodocarpus gnidioides

Mountain yacca
speciesPodocarpus urbanii

Podocarpus brevifolius
speciesPodocarpus brevifolius

Podocarpus buchii
speciesPodocarpus buchii

Podocarpus trinitensis
speciesPodocarpus trinitensis

Podocarpus angustifolius
speciesPodocarpus angustifolius

Podocarpus brasiliensis
speciesPodocarpus brasiliensis

Podocarpus novae-caledoniae
speciesPodocarpus novae-caledoniae

Podocarpus hispaniolensis
speciesPodocarpus hispaniolensis

Podocarpus costaricensis
speciesPodocarpus costaricensis
Podocarpus pilgeri
speciesPodocarpus pilgeri

Podocarpus sylvestris
speciesPodocarpus sylvestris

Podocarpus macrocarpus
speciesPodocarpus macrocarpus
Podocarpus longifoliolatus
speciesPodocarpus longifoliolatus

Podocarpus smithii
speciesPodocarpus smithii

Podocarpus transiens
speciesPodocarpus transiens

Podocarpus beecherae
speciesPodocarpus beecherae

Podocarpus celatus
speciesPodocarpus celatus

Podocarpus rubens
speciesPodocarpus rubens
Podocarpus lucienii
speciesPodocarpus lucienii
Podocarpus forrestii
speciesPodocarpus forrestii

Podocarpus humbertii
speciesPodocarpus humbertii

Podocarpus aristulatus
speciesPodocarpus aristulatus

Podocarpus pallidus
speciesPodocarpus pallidus
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 85284.
