Plate 1 figs. a–h · 8 separate observations
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Native range 4 botanical countries
| Region | TDWG code | Continent |
|---|---|---|
| Colombia | CLM | SOUTHERN AMERICA |
| Ecuador | ECU | |
| Peru | PER | |
| Venezuela | VEN |
Region boundaries approximated from Natural Earth (public domain) and mapped to TDWG World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions (WGSRPD) level-3 botanical countries (Brummitt 2001). Indicative, not the official WGSRPD geometry.
Where it actually grows measured, from 94 observations
| Condition | 5th percentile | Median | 95th percentile |
|---|---|---|---|
| Coldest month, mean daily low | 6.3 °C | 9.8 °C | 15.2 °C |
| Warmest month, mean daily high | 16.3 °C | 19.8 °C | 24.1 °C |
| Annual rainfall | 1,001 mm | 1,920 mm | 2,628 mm |
| Rainfall in the driest quarter | 142 mm | 244 mm | 350 mm |
It is barely found anywhere that freezes. This is not care advice and it is not a forecast. It is a measurement: we sampled the climate at every one of the 94 research-grade observations of Prumnopitys montana that carry a coordinate, and this is the range those places actually span. The 5th and 95th percentiles are used rather than the minimum and maximum, because a single cultivated specimen in a heated conservatory should not widen a tropical plant's range to the Arctic.
This is not a hardiness zone. A USDA zone is the average annual extreme minimum temperature. The figure above is the mean daily minimum of the coldest month, which is a different quantity and is typically far warmer. Reading one as the other would place a plant several zones too warm, so we do not publish a hardiness zone, because we do not have one.
Also published as 31 synonyms
A synonym is not an error. It is a record of botanists disagreeing, in print, about where this plant belongs. Each of these was somebody’s considered answer.
- Botryopitys densifolia (Kunth) Doweld
- Botryopitys meridensis (J.Buchholz & N.E.Gray) Doweld
- Botryopitys montana (Humb. & Bonpl. ex Willd.) Doweld
- Dacrydium distichum D.Don
- Nageia curvifolia (Carrière) Kuntze
- Nageia montana (Lodd. ex Endl.) Kuntze
- Podocarpus antarcticus Carrière
- Podocarpus curvifolius Carrière
- Podocarpus humboldtii Gordon
- Podocarpus montanus (Humb. & Bonpl. ex Willd.) Lodd. ex Endl.
- Podocarpus montanus (Humb. & Bonpl. ex Willd.) Lodd. ex Britton
- Podocarpus montanus var. densifolius (Kunth) J.Buchholz & N.E.Gray
- Podocarpus montanus var. diversifolius Dallim. & A.B.Jacks.
- Podocarpus montanus var. meridensis J.Buchholz & N.E.Gray
- Podocarpus taxifolius Kunth
- Podocarpus taxifolius var. communis Kunth
- Podocarpus taxifolius var. densifolius Kunth
- Prumnopitys montana var. densifolia (Kunth) C.N.Page
- Prumnopitys montana var. diversifolia (Dallim. & A.B.Jacks.) C.N.Page
- Prumnopitys montana var. meridensis (J.Buchholz & N.E.Gray) C.N.Page
- Stachycarpus densifolia (Kunth) Gaussen
- Stachycarpus meridensis (J.Buchholz & N.E.Gray) Gaussen
- Stachycarpus montana (Humb. & Bonpl. ex Willd.) Gaussen
- Stachycarpus montanus (Humb. & Bonpl. ex Willd.) Gaussen
and 7 more.
Sourcesevery claim on this page
- World Flora Online Plant List. accepted name, authority, classification. CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-12.
- iNaturalist. photographs and flowering annotations, CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA only. per photograph. Retrieved 2026-06-27.
- Kew, World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP v16). native distribution by TDWG level-3 botanical country, and life form. CC BY 3.0. Retrieved 2026-06-04.
We publish what we can source and we say so when we cannot. This page has no care advice and no toxicity claim, because we do not yet have those from a source we can cite.