Colin Monteath/ Hedgehog House / Totara (Podocarpus totara) stump, Akaroa Harbor, Banks Peninsula, Canterbury, South Island, New Zealand

Brent Stephenson / Rimu (Dacrydium cupressinum) close up of young leaves, Ulva Island, Stewart Island, New Zealand, November.

Colin Monteath / Totara (Podocarpus totara) tree shaped by the wind, Port Levy Saddle, Banks Peninsula, Canterbury, New Zealand

Mark Carwardine / Rimu / Red pine tree (Dacrydium cupressinum) favourite food source of the endangered Kakapo, Codfish Island, southern New Zealand, endemic

Mark Carwardine / Rimu / Red pine tree (Dacrydium cupressinum) Gargantuan conifer endemic to New Zealand, favourite food source of the endangered Kakapo on Codfish Island, off Stewart Island, southern New Zealand

Brent Stephenson / Rimu tree (Dacrydium cupressinum) a member of the Podocarpaceae family, fruiting heavily. Makeretu River, Hawkes Bay, North Island, New Zealand

Piotr Naskrecki / Podocarp (Podocarpus brassii) with arils, Muller Range, Papua New Guinea

Piotr Naskrecki / Podocarp (Podocarpus brassii) with fake fruit called arils, Papua New Guinea

Rob Brown / Totara (Podocarpus totora) tree, Rakiura National Park, New Zealand

Rob Brown / New Zealand Red Pine (Dacrydium cupressinum) forest along coast, Bruce Bay, western New Zealand

Rob Brown / New Zealand Red Pine (Dacrydium cupressinum) and Crown Ferns (Blechum discolor), Ruggedy Range, Rakiura National Park, New Zealand

Pete Oxford / Podocarpus (Podocarpus sp) tree, Podocarpus National Park, Ecuador