Agathis kinabaluensis is a conifer in the family Araucariaceae endemic to Borneo, found only on Mount Kinabalu in Sabah and Mount Murud in Sarawak, for the former of which it is named. It grows up to 36 meters tall with dark brown bark, cylindrical male cones, and ovoid female cones, inhabiting upper montane forest between 1,500 and 2,400 meters within protected areas. The IUCN Red List classifies it as Endangered. 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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Classification
DietPhotosynthetic Autotroph 1 System (Realm) Relationship to PeopleSource of Timber or Wood 2 Living or Extinct Scientific Name Conservation Status Comparison
CITES Appendix Connections
Child Taxon Of
Agathis, Taxa Source Agathis kinabaluensis (Wikidata)
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Source Plants For A Future: Agathis kinabaluensis - Useful Tropical PlantsRangeQuote, Range
Southeast Asia - Borneo
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1. Agathis kinabaluensis (Wikipedia)
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System/realm (stated plainly in the entity own recorded description)
It grows up to 36 meters tall with dark brown bark, cylindrical male cones, and ovoid female cones, inhabiting upper montane forest between 1,500 and 2,400 meters within protected areas.
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Agathis kinabaluensis is a species of coniferous tree in the family Araucariaceae, endemic to Borneo.
View the Source2. Plants For A Future: Agathis kinabaluensis - Useful Tropical Plants
Plants For A FutureGeneral Information: woodQuote, General Information: wood
The tree is harvested from the wild for its wood, mainly for local use.
3. Agathis kinabaluensis (Wikidata)
Wikidata- Wikidata Q2826480 (P225 taxon name)
Statements section, conservation status (P141)
IUCN Red List conservation status (Wikidata property P141): endangered.
- Child Taxon Of: Agathis, Wikidata P171 (parent taxon)
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
"cites_listing":"I/NC","eu_listing":"A/NC","higher_taxa":{"kingdom":"Plantae","phylum":null,"class":null,"order":"Pinales","family":"Araucariaceae"},"synonyms":[],"common_names":[{"name":"Désespoir des singes, pin du Chili, araucaria du Chili","language":"FR"},{"name":"Monkey-puzzle tree","language":"EN"},{"name":"Araucaria","language":"ES"},{"name":"南洋杉科","language":"ZH"}],"cites_listings":[]
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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