Agathis Salisb.
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Agathis Salisb., Trans. Linn. Soc. London 8: 311 (1807)
Agathis Salisb.
Nomenclature
Salisb.
Salisb.
1807
311
conserved
ICN
Agathis Salisb.
genus
Agathis
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Agathis Salisb.
Plants monoec. or dioec. Male strobili solitary, axillary, cylindric to ovoid, with several scale lvs at base; sporophylls densely, spirally arranged on axis; sporangia 5-15. Female cones globular to subglobose terminating short branchlets; carpidia spirally arranged, coriac. to woody, broadly 3-angled and widened above, narrow at base, each with one inverted ovule. Seeds free, compressed, winged. Cots 2. Tall trees, us. very resiniferous; lvs thick, coriac., lanceolate to elliptic oval, with subparallel veins. About 15 spp.: Philippines to Polynesia, Australia and N.Z. The N.Z. sp. endemic.
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12703447-da76-40a3-9332-3d8e215cf8be
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1 January 2000
24 April 2024