Wollemia nobilis
– Critically Endangered
Taxonomy
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Kingdom:
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PLANTAE
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Phylum:
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TRACHEOPHYTA
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Class:
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CONIFEROPSIDA
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Order:
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CONIFERALES
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Family:
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ARAUCARIACEAE
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Scientific Name:
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Wollemia nobilis
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Species Authority:
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W.G.Jones, K.Hill & J.M.Allen
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Common Name/s:
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Assessment Information
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Red List Category & Criteria:
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CR D ver 2.3 (1994)
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Year Assessed:
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1998
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Assessor/s:
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Conifer Specialist Group
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History:
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| 1997 | - | Endangered (Walter and Gillett 1998) |
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Geographic Range
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Range Description:
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The Wollemi pine was discovered in 1994 in Wollemi National Park. Although the genus is completely new, it is thought to be known from the Mesozoic fossil record.
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Countries:
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Native:
Australia (New South Wales)
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Population
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Population:
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Considerably fewer than 50 mature individuals are known.
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Habitat and Ecology
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Habitat and Ecology:
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It grows, probably with suckers, to a tall tree among various angiosperms along a small permanent stream at the bottom of a narrow sandstone canyon. Its long term ability to regenerate by seed in its present locality is unknown but seems doubtful due to competition with other trees.
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System:
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Terrestrial
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Threats
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List of Threats:
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| 9.2 | Intrinsic factors - Poor recruitment/reproduction/regeneration (ongoing) |
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Conservation Actions
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Conservation Actions:
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The population is monitored and propagation trials are under way.
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Bibliography
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Bibliography:
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Briggs, J.D. and Leigh, J.H. 1988. Rare or threatened Australian plants. CSIRO Publications, Melbourne, Australia. Global Tree Specialist Group. For more information, see the Specialist Group website Jones, W.G., Hill, K.D. and Allen, J.M. 1995. Wollemia nobilis, a new living Australian genus and species in the Araucariaceae. Telopea 6(2-3): 173-176.
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