The Queensland kauri, also called kauri pine despite not being a true pine, is a conifer in the family Araucariaceae with a disjunct range across Papua New Guinea and two separate areas of Queensland, Australia, one near Gympie and Maryborough in the southeast and another from Ingham to Cooktown in the northeast. It is an evergreen reaching 30 to 40 meters, occasionally 50 meters, with a straight cylindrical trunk and orange brown to grey brown bark that sheds in large flakes. The IUCN and Queensland's Department of Environment and Science both classify it as Least Concern, though its Papua New Guinea population is assessed separately as Vulnerable due to ongoing logging. 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 People Living or Extinct Scientific Name Conservation Status Comparison
CITES Appendix Connections
Child Taxon Of
Agathis, Taxa Source Queensland Kauri (Wikidata)
In Biome
Source Agathis robusta (Wikipedia)
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Sources
1. Agathis robusta (Wikipedia)
Lead, sentence naming the group it belongs to
Agathis robusta, the Queensland kauri (pine), kauri pine or smooth-barked kauri, is a coniferous tree in the family Araucariaceae.
Infobox: status
LC
In Biome: Tropical Rainforest, Habitat
The species grows in rainforest on well-drained soils of various types
View the Source2. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy (species profiles): Species profiles of Agathis robusta
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy (species profiles)system profileQuote, system profile
"habitat": "terrestrial"
3. Plants For A Future: Agathis robusta plant record
Plants For A FutureOther Uses (Fibre)Quote, Other Uses (Fibre)
The plant yields a fibre or canes[156].
4. Queensland Kauri (Wikidata)
Wikidata- Wikidata Q144112 (P225 taxon name)
Statements section, conservation status (P141)
IUCN Red List conservation status (Wikidata property P141): least concern.
- Child Taxon Of: Agathis, Wikidata P171 (parent taxon)
View the Source 5. UNEP-WCMC Species+ database (CITES Secretariat): Species+: Pinales
UNEP-WCMC Species+ database (CITES Secretariat)Species+ taxon_concepts, id 12387Quote, Species+ taxon_concepts, id 12387
"cites_listing":"I/II/III/NC","eu_listing":"A/B/C/NC","higher_taxa":{"kingdom":"Plantae","phylum":null,"class":null,"order":"Pinales","family":null},"synonyms":[],"common_names":[],"cites_listings":[]
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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