Wollemia
Wollemia is a genus of coniferous tree in the family Araucariaceae. It is a "living fossil", recently found in 1994. Its fossil record dates back 200 million years, and it was thought to be long extinct.
| Wollemia | |
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| File:WollemiaNobilisPineKiefer.jpg | |
| Young specimen in a botanical garden protected from theft by a steel cage | |
| Conservation status | |
| Scientific classification e | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Division: | Pinophyta |
| Class: | Pinopsida |
| Order: | Pinales |
| Family: | Araucariaceae |
| Genus: | Wollemia W.G.Jones, K.D.Hill & J.M.Allen |
| Species: | W. nobilis
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| Binomial name | |
| Wollemia nobilis W.G.Jones, K.D.Hill & J.M.Allen, 1995
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Wollemia nobilis was discovered in 1994 in a temperate rainforest wilderness area of the Wollemi National Park in New South Wales. in a remote series of narrow, steep-sided sandstone gorges near Lithgow, 150 kilometres north-west of Sydney.
In both botanical and popular literature the tree has been called the Wollemi Pine. It is not a true pine (genus Pinus) nor a member of the pine family (Pinaceae), but is related to Agathis and Araucaria in the family Araucariaceae.[2]
The Wollemi pine is classified as Critically Endangered (CR – D) on the International Union for Conservation of Nature's Red List 2002.[3] It is legally protected in Australia. A Recovery Plan has been drawn up, outlining strategies for the management of this fragile population; the overall objective is to ensure that this species remains viable in the long-term.
Wollemia Media
- B5000316-Wollemi pine Wollemia nobilis .jpg
A 4-year-old potted Wollemi pine grown from cutting
- Wollemia cones.JPG
Male and female W. nobilis cones
- Wollemia Nobilis Trautmannsdorf Merano 2018.jpg
Wollemia nobilis in the botanical garden of Trauttmansdorff Castle Gardens in Merano, Italy in 2018
Cultivated Wollemia nobilis
- Wollemia nobilis apical shoot 3.jpg
Wollemia nobilis apical shoot
- Wollemia nobilis Wolemia szlachetna 2019-07-20 05.jpg
Wollemia nobilis Wolemia szlachetna 2019-07-20 05
- Wollemia bark.JPG
Wollemi Pine, bark at Mount Annan Botanic Gardens, Australia (labeled)
- Wollemia nobilis (Wollemi pine) seedling.jpg
A 4 month old Wollemi pine seedling
- Wollemia nobilis kz7.jpg
Wollemia nobilis in PAN Botanical Garden in Warsaw
References
- ↑ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Identifiers at line 630: attempt to index field 'known_free_doi_registrants_t' (a nil value).
- ↑ Fact Sheet: Wollemi Pine
- ↑ IUCN Red List (April, 2003) http://www.redlist.org