Wollemia nobilis W.G.Jones, K.D.Hill & J.M.Allen (1995:174)
Wollemi pine
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Conservation Status
Last record (genus/clade): fossil pollen (Dilwynites) (Macphail et al., 2013)
Rediscovered in September 1994 (specimen); post-1994 (recognition) (Woodford, 2000)
IUCN RedList status: Critically Endangered
Distribution
Wollemi National Park, New South Wales, Australia
Anatomy & Morphology
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Media
References
Original scientific description:
Jones, Wyn G., Hill, Kenneth D. and Allen, J. M. (1995). Wollemia nobilis, a new living Australian genus and species in the Araucariaceae. Telopea 6(2-3): 173-176.
Other references:
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Burrows, G. E., Meagher, P. F. and Heady, R. D. (2007). An anatomical assessment of branch abscission and branch-base hydraulic architecture in the endangered Wollemia nobilis. Annals of Botany 99(4): 609-623. https://doi.org/10.1093/aob/mcm003
Department of Environment and Conservation NSW. (2006). Wollemi Pine (Wollemia nobilis) Recovery Plan. NSW Department of Environment & Conservation, Hurstville, N.S.W.
Dettmann, M. E. and Clifford, H. T. (2005). Biogeography of Araucariaceae. In: J. Dargavel (ed.), Australian and New Zealand Forest Histories. Araucarian Forests, pp. 1-9. Australian Forest History Society, Kingston, ACT.
Dorgan, Anamari. (year?). Endangered species traveling exhibit. NACA Appendix 2.
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Gilmore, S. and Hill, K. D. (1997). Relationships of the Wollemi Pine (Wollemia nobilis) and a molecular phylogeny of the Araucariaceae. Telopea 7: 275-291.
Greenfield, A., H. McPherson, T. D. Auld, S. Delaney, C. A. Offord, M. Van Der Merwe, J. Y. S. Yap, and M. Rossetto. (2016). Whole-chloroplast analysis as an approach for fine-tuning the preservation of a highly charismatic but critically endangered species, Wollemia nobilis (Araucariaceae). Australian Journal of Botany 64: 654-658. doi:10.1071/BT16105
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Macphail, Mike, Carpenter, Raymond J., Iglesias, Ari and Wilf, Peter. (2013). First Evidence for Wollemi Pine-type Pollen (Dilwynites: Araucariaceae) in South America. PLoS ONE 8(7): e69281. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0069281
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Pastoriza-Piñol, J. (2007). Wollemia nobilis Araucariaceae. Curtis's Botanical Magazine 24: 217-229.
Peakall, R., Ebert, D., Scott, L., Meagher, P. and Offord, C. (2003). Comparative genetic study confirms exceptionally low genetic variation in the ancient and endangered relictual conifer, Wollemia nobilis (Araucariaceae). Molecular Ecology 12: 2331-2343.
POWO. (2023). Wollemia nobilis W.G.Jones, K.D.Hill & J.M.Allen. Plants of the World Online (online resource). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, United Kingdom. Available at: https://powo.science.kew.org/ [Accessed 14 October 2023]
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Woodford, James. (2000). The Wollemi Pine: The Incredible Discovery of a Living Fossil From the Age of the Dinosaurs. Australia. Text Publishing.
Yap, Jia-Yee S., Rohner, Thore, Greenfield, Abigail, Van Der Merwe, Marlien, McPherson, Hannah, Glenn, Wendy, Kornfeld, Geoff, Marendy, Elessa, Pan, Annie Y. H., Wilton, Alan, Wilkins, Marc R., Rossetto, Maurizio and Delaney, Sven K. (2015). Complete chloroplast genome of the Wollemi pine (Wollemia nobilis): structure and evolution. PLoS ONE 10(6): e0128126. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0128126