Manoao
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Manoao (Template:IPAc-en Template:Respell)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref> is a monotypic genus in the family Podocarpaceae. The single species, M. colensoi, commonly known as manoao (from 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.<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref>
Manoao colensoi is a slow-growing evergreen tree up to Template:Convert in height, in shady, wet areas of New Zealand. It is a source of fine, straight and durable timber.
DistributionEdit
M. colensoi can be found in the North Island from Te Paki southwards to Mount Ruapehu.<ref name=":0">Template:Cite book</ref> However it is common only in the central North Island.<ref name=":0" /> It is also found in the western South Island.<ref name=":0" />