Podocarpus totara Aurea (Golden totara)
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Kingdom:
- Plantae
- Division: Pinophyta
- Class: Pinopsida
- Order: Pinales
- Family: Podocarpaceae
- Genus: Podocarpus
- Species: P. totara
- Hybrid: Aurea
- Binomial name: Podocarpus totara Aurea
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Common names:
- Golden totara
- Podocarpus totara aurea
Relatives
- Bog Pine (Halocarpus bidwillii)
- Dacrycarpus dacrydioides (Kahikatea)
- Dacrydium cupressinum (Rimu)
- Halocarpus biformis (Yellow pine)
- Halocarpus kirkii (Kirk's pine)
- Lepidothamnus intermedius (Yellow Silver Pine)
- Manoao colensoi (Silver pine)
- Phyllocladus toatoa (Blue Celery Pine)
- Phyllocladus trichomanoides (Tanekaha)
- Podocarpus acutifolius (Needle-leaved totara)
- Podocarpus cunninghamii (Mountain totara)
- Podocarpus nivalis (Snow totara)
- Podocarpus totara 'Pendula' (Weeping Totara)
- Podocarpus totara (Lowland totara)
- Podocarpus totara Aurea (Golden totara)
- Prumnopitys ferruginea
Golden Totara is a New Zealand native hybrid which is a smaller growing pyramidal form of the green totara (Podocarpus totara). It is a hybrid cross between Podocarpus acutifolius and Podocarpus totara. It has a branching habit with yellow/golden foliage. It is slow growing and can obtain a height of over 10m.