Manoao

Manoao
	Manoao foliage
Conservation status
	; Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Gymnospermae
Division:	Pinophyta
Class:	Pinopsida
Order:	Araucariales
Family:	Podocarpaceae
Genus:	Manoao; Molloy
Species:	M. colensoi
Binomial name
	Manoao colensoi; (Hook.) Molloy

Manoao /ˈmɑːnoʊaʊ/ MAH-noh-ow^[2] is a monotypic genus in the family Podocarpaceae. The single species, M. colensoi, known as manoao (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.^[3]

Manoao colensoi is a slow-growing evergreen tree up to 15 m (49 ft) in height, in shady, wet areas of New Zealand. It is a source of fine, straight and durable timber.

Distribution

M. colensoi can be found in the North Island from Te Paki southwards to Mt Ruapehu.^[4] However it is common only in the central North Island.^[4] It is also found in the western South Island.^[4]

References

^ Thomas, P.; Farjon, A. (2013). "Manoao colensoi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2013: e.T42482A2982206. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-1.RLTS.T42482A2982206.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
^ "manoao". The Chambers Dictionary (9th ed.). Chambers. 2003. ISBN 0-550-10105-5.
^ Sinclair, W.T.; Mill, R.R.; Gardner, M.F.; Woltz, P.; Jaffré, T.; Preston, J.; Hollingsworth, M.L.; Ponge, A.; Möller, M. (2002-09-01). "Evolutionary relationships of the New Caledonian heterotrophic conifer, Parasitaxus usta (Podocarpaceae), inferred from chloroplast trn L-F intron/spacer and nuclear rDNA ITS2 sequences". Plant Systematics and Evolution. 233 (1–2): 79–104. Bibcode:2002PSyEv.233...79S. doi:10.1007/s00606-002-0199-8. ISSN 0378-2697. S2CID 25692189.
^ ^a ^b ^c Eagle, Audrey (2008). Eagle's complete trees and shrubs of New Zealand volume one. Wellington: Te Papa Press. p. 28. ISBN 9780909010089.