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Taxon: Agathis australis (D. Don) Steud.

Genus: Agathis
Family: Araucariaceae.
Nomen number: 1680
Place of publication: Nomencl. bot. ed. 2, 1:34. 1840
Name verified on: 07-Apr-1995 by ARS Systematic Botanists. Last updated: 22-May-1997
No species priority site assigned.

NO ACCESSIONS IN NPGS UNDER THIS NAME.

Common names:

  • kauri-pine   (Source: World Econ Pl ) – English
  • New Zealand kauri   (Source: HerbSpices ) – English
  • Kaurikopal   (Source: HerbSpices ) – German
  • kauri   (Source: Pl SystEv 135:54.) – New Zealand (Maori)
  • agátis-australiano   (Source: D. Groth, p.c. 2005) – Portuguese (Brazil)

Economic importance:

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Distributional range:

      Native:
  • AUSTRALASIA
    New Zealand: New Zealand - North Island [n.]

References:

  • Allan, H. H. B. et al. 1961–. Flora of New Zealand. (F NZeal)
  • Boutelje, J. B. 1980. Encyclopedia of world timbers, names and technical literature. (Ency WTimber)
  • Craker, L. E. & J. E. Simon, eds. 1986–1987. Herbs, spices, and medicinal plants, 2 vols. (HerbSpices)
  • Encke, F. et al. 1984. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 13. Auflage. (Zander ed13)
  • Encke, F. et al. 1993. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 14. Auflage. (Zander ed14) [= A. australis Salisb.].
  • Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN (FAO). 2010. Ecocrop - on-line resource. (Ecocrop)
  • Groth, D. 2005. pers. comm. [re. Brazilian common names].
  • Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. 1976. Hortus third. (Hortus 3)
  • Whitmore, T. C. 1980. Pl. Syst. Evol. 125:54.
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Synonyms:


Check other databases for Agathis australis (D. Don) Steud.:

  • Gymnosperm Database of Christopher J. Earle
  • Mansfeld: Mansfeld's World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops
  • ICRA: International Cultivar Registration Authority for Agathis australis cultivars
  • ePIC: Electronic Plant Information Centre of Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
  • AGRICOLA: Article Citation Database or NAL Catalog of USDA's National Agricultural Library
  • Entrez: NCBI's search engine for PubMed citations, GenBank sequences, etc.
    Note: Defaults to a search by genus or species epithet if species binomial not found.

Images:

  • Cone: U.S. National Seed Herbarium image
  • Scale with seed: U.S. National Seed Herbarium image
  • Scales: U.S. National Seed Herbarium image
  • Seed: U.S. National Seed Herbarium image
  • Seed: U.S. National Seed Herbarium image
More:
  • Check PlantSystematics.org for additional images
  • Google Images Images Note: Be advised that their identity may be inaccurate. Proper identification of a plant may require specialized taxonomic knowledge or comparison with properly documented herbarium material.

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Germplasm Resources Information Network - (GRIN) [Online Database].
National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/taxon.pl?1680 (09 February 2010)

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