Wollemia nobilis is a species of coniferous tree in the family Araucariaceae. It is the single known species in the monotypic genus Wollemia. The species represents one of only three living genera in the family, alongside Araucaria and Agathis (being more closely related to the latter), which was discovered in 1994 in a temperate rainforest wilderness area of the Wollemi National Park in New South Wales. It was growing in a remote series of narrow, steep-sided, sandstone gorges 150 km (93 mi) north-west of Sydney. The genus is named after the National Park.
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Is it poisonous?
We have no record of Wollemi Pine being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.
Easily confused with
- Araucaria hunsteinii
- Araucaria bidwillii
- Cephalotaxus fortunei
- Araucaria columnaris
- Amentotaxus formosana
Classification
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Pinopsida
- Order
- Pinales
- Family
- Araucariaceae
- Genus
- Wollemia
- Species
- Wollemia nobilis
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