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Wollemi Pine

Conifers and Other Gymnosperms

Wollemi Pine is the sole known species in the monotypic conifer genus Wollemia, one of only three living genera in the family Araucariaceae along with Araucaria and Agathis. It was not discovered until 1994, when it was found growing in a remote series of narrow, steep-sided sandstone gorges about 150 kilometers northwest of Sydney, within Wollemi National Park in New South Wales, the park from which the genus takes its name.

Facts
Classification
Diet
Photosynthetic Autotroph 1
System (Realm)
Terrestrial 2
Living or Extinct
Yes 3
Scientific Name
Wollemia nobilis 5
Conservation Status
Critically Endangered 6
Comparison
CITES Appendix
Not Listed 4
Connections

Child Taxon Of

Wollemia, Species
Source Wikidata: Wollemi Pine

In Biome

Temperate Rainforest, Biomes
Source Wikidata: Wollemia
In the Other Atlases

Found In

Australia

Also in Geography Atlas: where this subject is found.

Sources
1. Wollemia (Wikipedia)
Lead, sentence naming the group it belongs to
Quote, Lead, sentence naming the group it belongs to
Wollemia nobilis is a species of coniferous tree in the family Araucariaceae.
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2. GBIF Species API
GBIF Species APIView the Source
3. Wikidata (taxon extant/extinct status)
Wikimedia Foundation / Wikidata contributorsQ190510, descriptionView the Source
4. UNEP-WCMC Species+ database (CITES Secretariat): Species+: Pinales
UNEP-WCMC Species+ database (CITES Secretariat)Species+ taxon_concepts, id 12387
Quote, 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":[]
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5. Wikidata: Wollemi Pine
Child Taxon Of: Wollemia, Wikidata P171 (parent taxon) claim, rank=normal, target=Q12981878 (Wollemia)View the Source
6. Wollemi Pine (Wikipedia)
infobox status=CRView the Source
IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
International Union for Conservation of NatureView the Source
UNEP-WCMC Species+ database (CITES Secretariat): Species+: Araucariaceae
UNEP-WCMC Species+ database (CITES Secretariat)Species+ taxon_concepts, id 12547
Quote, 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":[]
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Plant (Wikipedia)
Lead, whole group is photosynthetic
Quote, 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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Wikidata: Wollemia
In Biome: Temperate Rainforest, IntroductionView the Source
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