Gymnosperms of Australia

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At the continental scale, endemism in gymnosperms is the rule rather than the exception. Not surprisingly, this concept applies especially to the island continent of Australia. The only species on this list that are not endemic to Australia are Araucaria cunninghamii, with var. papuana native to New Guinea; and Sundacarpus amara, found in Australia, India, Malaysia, New Britain, and the Philippines.

[I would like to considerably elaborate on this discussion, one of these days...]

Some of Australia's finest forests are threatened by severely nonsustainable logging practices. For example, threats to the Tasmanian forests are described on the website of The Wilderness Society.

Species List

Actinostrobus acuminatus	Moore cypress-pine
Actinostrobus pyramidalis	King George's cypress-pine
Agathis atropurpurea	Blue pine
Agathis microstachya	Atherton kauri
Agathis robusta	Queensland kauri
Araucaria bidwillii	Bunya pine
Araucaria cunninghamii	Hoop pine
Araucaria heterophylla	Norfolk Island pine
Athrotaxis cupressoides	Pencil pine
Athrotaxis laxifolia	Summit Athrotaxis
Athrotaxis selaginoides	King Billy pine
Bowenia serrulata	Byfield fern
Bowenia spectabilis	[common name?]
Callitris baileyi	cypress pine
Callitris canescens	cypress pine
Callitris columellaris	cypress pine
Callitris drummondii	cypress pine
Callitris endlicheri	Black cypress pine
Callitris glaucophylla	White cypress pine
Callitris macleayana	Stringybark pine
Callitris monticola	Steelhead
Callitris muelleri	cypress-pine
Callitris oblonga	Pigmy cypress-pine
Callitris preissii	Rottnest Island pine
Callitris rhomboidea	Port Jackson pine
Callitris roei	cypress pine
Callitris sulcata	cypress pine
Cycas angulata	[common name?]
Cycas calcicola	[common name?]
Cycas furfuracea	[common name?]
Cycas media	[common name?]
Diselma archeri	[common name?]
Lagarostrobos franklinii	Huon pine
Microstrobos fitzgeraldi	Dwarf mountain pine
Lepidozamia hopei	Wunu
Lepidozamia peroffskyana	[common name?]
Macrozamia secunda	[common name?]
Macrozamia denisoni	[common name?]
Macrozamia diplomera	[common name?][G]
Macrozamia fawcettii	[common name?]
Macrozamia lucida	[common name?]
Macrozamia miquelii	[common name?][G]
Macrozamia moorei	[common name?]
Macrozamia pauli_guilielmi	[common name?]
Microcachrys tetragona	[common name?]
Microstrobos niphophilus	[common name?]
Phyllocladus asplenifolius	Celery top pine
Podocarpus alpinus	[common name?]
Podocarpus dispermus	[common name?]
Podocarpus drouynianus	[common name?]
Podocarpus elatus	Brown pine
Podocarpus grayae	[common name?]
Podocarpus lawrencei	Alpine plum pine
Podocarpus smithii	[common name?]
Podocarpus spinulosus	[common name?]
Prumnopitys ladei	[common name?]
Sundacarpus amara	[common name?]
Wollemia nobilis	Wollemi pine

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This page is from the Gymnosperm Database
URL: http://www.conifers.org/topics/austrees.htm
Edited by Christopher J. Earle
Last modified on 2007.01.02