Wollemia nobilis

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Taxonomy [top]

Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family
PLANTAE TRACHEOPHYTA CONIFEROPSIDA CONIFERALES ARAUCARIACEAE

Scientific Name: Wollemia nobilis
Species Authority
Infra-specific Authority: W.G.Jones, K.Hill & J.M.Allen
Common Name/s:
English – Wollemi Pine

Assessment Information [top]

Red List Category & Criteria: Critically Endangered   D   ver 2.3
Year Assessed: 1998
Assessor/s Conifer Specialist Group
History:
1997 – Endangered (Walter and Gillett 1998)

Geographic Range [top]

Range Description: 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.
Countries:
Native:
Australia (New South Wales)

Population [top]

Population: Considerably fewer than 50 mature individuals are known.

Habitat and Ecology [top]

Habitat and Ecology: 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.
Systems: Terrestrial

Threats [top]

Conservation Actions [top]

Conservation Actions: The population is monitored and propagation trials are under way.
Citation: IUCN 2008. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 11 October 2008.
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