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Huon Pine

Conifers and Other Gymnosperms

Huon pine, Lagarostrobos franklinii, is a conifer of the family Podocarpaceae found only in the wet forests of western Tasmania, Australia, named for the Huon River in that region. It is exceptionally slow-growing and long-lived, with individual trees and clonal stands estimated at several thousand years old, and its naturally oily, rot-resistant timber made it prized historically for boatbuilding, leading to heavy exploitation that has left the species now protected within Tasmanian conservation reserves.

Facts
Classification
Diet
Parasitic 1
System (Realm)
Terrestrial 2
Relationship to People
Source of Timber or Wood 3
Living or Extinct
Yes 4
Scientific Name
Lagarostrobos franklinii 6
Conservation Status
Least Concern 7
Comparison
CITES Appendix
Not Listed 5
Connections

Child Taxon Of

Plantae, Taxa
Source Wikidata: Huon Pine
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Found In

Australia

Also in Geography Atlas: where this subject is found.

Sources
1. Wikidata: Huon Pine
IntroductionView the Source
2. GBIF Species API
GBIF Species APIView the Source
3. Wikipedia: Lagarostrobos
WikipediaTimber use
Quote, Timber use
The chemical giving the timber its unique smell and preservative qualities is methyl eugenol.
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4. Wikidata (taxon extant/extinct status)
Wikimedia Foundation / Wikidata contributorsQ137400, descriptionView the Source
5. 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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6. Wikidata: Huon Pine
Child Taxon Of: Plantae, Wikidata parent-taxon (P171) chainView the Source
7. Huon Pine (Wikipedia)
infobox status=LCView the Source
IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
International Union for Conservation of NatureView the Source
UNEP-WCMC Species+ database (CITES Secretariat): Species+: Podocarpaceae
UNEP-WCMC Species+ database (CITES Secretariat)Species+ taxon_concepts, id 12462
Quote, Species+ taxon_concepts, id 12462
"cites_listing":"II/III/NC","eu_listing":"B/C/NC","higher_taxa":{"kingdom":"Plantae","phylum":null,"class":null,"order":"Pinales","family":"Podocarpaceae"},"synonyms":[],"common_names":[{"name":"Podocarps","language":"EN"},{"name":"Pinos chaquiros","language":"ES"},{"name":"Podocarpes","language":"FR"},{"name":"罗汉松科","language":"ZH"}],"cites_listings":[]
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