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Summary

Podocarpus guatemalensis (British Honduras yellowwood, ocotillo de llano, cypress de montaña, cipresillo, alfajillo, pinillo, palo de oro, piño de montaña) is a species of conifer in the family Podocarpaceae.

Distribution

Podocarpus guatemalensis is a shrub and/or small tree native to Guatemala and found throughout southern Mexico, Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua and Panama in Central America, as well as in Venezuela and Colombia in northern South America.

Podocarpus guatemalensis is classified as a species of least concern on the IUCN Red List. While some populations are threatened by habitat destruction, others occur in protected areas.

The species was described by Paul Carpenter Standley in 1924.