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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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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