Dacrydium cupressinum
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"Rimu" redirects here. For other uses, see Rimu (disambiguation).
Dacrydium cupressinum, commonly known as rimu, is a large evergreen coniferous tree endemic to the forests of New Zealand. It is a member of the southern conifer group, the podocarps.
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Rimu | |
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A mature rimu | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Gymnospermae |
Division: | Pinophyta |
Class: | Pinopsida |
Order: | Araucariales |
Family: | Podocarpaceae |
Genus: | Dacrydium |
Species: | D. cupressinum |
Binomial name | |
Dacrydium cupressinum | |
Natural range of D. cupressinum | |
Synonyms[2] | |
Thalamia cupressina Spreng |
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The Māori name rimu comes from the Polynesian term limu which the tree's foliage were reminded of,[3] ultimately from Proto-Austronesian *limut meaning "moss".[4] The former name "red pine" has fallen out of common use.