Agathis moorei is a medium sized evergreen conifer in the family Araucariaceae, growing up to 30 meters tall, endemic to New Caledonia where it occurs scattered across the main island in subtropical rainforest between 30 and 850 meters elevation. It has opposite paired leaves 5 to 7 centimeters long, extending to 20 centimeters on young growth, and oval cones up to 15 centimeters long that disintegrate at maturity to release winged seeds. The IUCN Red List classifies it as Vulnerable, with habitat loss the primary threat. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
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DietPhotosynthetic Autotroph 1 System (Realm) Relationship to PeopleSource of Timber or Wood 2 Relationship to People Living or Extinct Scientific Name Conservation Status Comparison
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Child Taxon Of
Agathis, Taxa Source Agathis moorei (Wikidata)
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Source Agathis moorei (Wikidata)
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1. Agathis moorei (Wikipedia)
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Lead, sentence naming the group it belongs to
Agathis moorei is a species of coniferous tree in the family Araucariaceae, endemic to New Caledonia.
View the Source2. Plants For A Future: Agathis moorei
Plants For A FutureHabitats
A large emergent tree mainly restricted to areas of lowland rainforest that are mostly on non-ultramafic substrates
Other Uses (Wood)
The wood is light in weight, soft, not very durable, being susceptible to dry wood borers and termites, and moderately susceptible to fungi.
Other Uses (Dye)
Traditionally it has been used as a fuel for campfires, a torch, as a waterproofing on boats, as a medicine, the smoke from the burning resin is used as a black dye and for tattooing.
View the Source 3. Agathis moorei (Wikidata)
Wikidata- Wikidata Q2826484 (P225 taxon name)
Statements section, conservation status (P141)
IUCN Red List conservation status (Wikidata property P141): vulnerable.
- Child Taxon Of: Agathis, Wikidata P171 (parent taxon)
- In Biome: Tropical Rainforest, Introduction
View the Source 4. UNEP-WCMC Species+ database (CITES Secretariat): Species+: Pinales
UNEP-WCMC Species+ database (CITES Secretariat)Species+ taxon_concepts, id 12387Quote, Species+ taxon_concepts, id 12387
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UNEP-WCMC Species+ database (CITES Secretariat): Species+: Araucariaceae
UNEP-WCMC Species+ database (CITES Secretariat)Species+ taxon_concepts, id 12547Quote, Species+ taxon_concepts, id 12547
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Plant (Wikipedia)
Lead, whole group is photosyntheticQuote, Lead, whole group is photosynthetic
They are predominantly photosynthetic or came from photosynthetic ancestors, meaning that they obtain their energy from sunlight by using the green pigment chlorophyll in their chloroplasts to produce sugars from carbon dioxide and water.
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