El género Podocarpus es el más numeroso de la familia Podocarpaceae. Dentro del género existen dos subgéneros, Podocarpus y Foliolatus, ambos con cerca de 45 especies. Además dentro de cada subgénero se han descrito 9 secciones.

En Chile existen 2 especies nativas de Podocarpus, ambas pertenecientes al subgénero Podocarpus:

Podocarpus nubigenus

Podocarpus salignus

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