Agathis (Araucariaceae)

Agathis alba

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Pinales
Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Divisio: Tracheophyta Divisio: Pinophyta Classis: Pinopsida Ordo: Pinales

Familia: Araucariaceae
Genus: Agathis
Species: A. alba – A. atropurpurea – A. australis – A. borneensis – A. dammara – A. flavescens – A. kinabaluensis – A. labillardierei – A. lanceolata – A. lenticula – A. macrophylla – A. microstachya – A. montana - A. moorei – A. orbicula – A. ovata – A. robusta – A. silbae

Paleospecies: †A. brevigongylodes – †A. levantensis – †A. vittata

Name

Agathis Salisb. Trans. Linn. Soc. London 8: 311. (1807), nom. cons.

• Type species: Agathis loranthifolia Salisb. [= synonym of Agathis alba (Rumph. ex Valmont) Foxw.]

Synonyms

• Heterotypic
  • Dammara Link, Enum. Hort. Berol. Alt. 2: 411. (1822), nom. illeg. hom.
  • Salisburyodendron A.V.Bobrov & Melikyan, Komarovia 4: 62. (2006)

References

Primary references

• Salisbury, R.A.. 1807. The Characters of several Genera in the Natural Order of Coniferæ: with Remarks on their Stigmata, and Cotyledons. Transactions of the Linnean Society of London 8: 308–317. BHL Reference page. 

Additional references

• Eagle, M.K. 2009. Fossil Agathis (Araucariaceae) in New Zealand. Pp. 29-30 in Bieleski, R.L. & Wilcox, M.D. (eds.) 2009: Araucariaceae: proceedings of the 2002 Araucariaceae symposium, Araucaria-Agathis-Wollemia, International Dendrology Society. Auckland, New Zealand, 14-17 March 2002. International Dendrology Society: Dunedin, New Zealand. ISBN 978-0-473-15226-0. Reference page.  Reference page. 
• Christenhusz, M.J.M., Reveal, J.L., Farjon, A., Gardner, M.F., Mill, R.R. & Chase, M.W. 2011. A new classification and linear sequence of extant gymnosperms. Phytotaxa 19: 55–70. DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.19.1.3 PDF Reference page. 
• de Laubenfels, D. 1979. The species of Agathis (Araucariaceae) of Borneo. Blumea: Biodiversity, Evolution and Biogeography of Plants 25(2), pp.531-541. PDF Reference page. 

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2016. Agathis in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2016 Jan. 1. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2016. Agathis. Published online. Accessed: Jan. 1 2016.
• Tropicos.org 2014. Agathis. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 22 Mar. 2014.

Vernacular names

English: Dammar, Kauri
Esperanto: Agatido
español: Agathis
suomi: Kaurit
magyar: Kaurifenyő, dammarafenyő
македонски: Каури

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