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Agathis (kauri genus)
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Coniferophyta > Araucariaceae
The 21 species in this genus of
coniferous trees have an indigenous distribution covering
Australia (Queensland), New Zealand and SE Asia, where they are
found mainly in rainforest. Six species have been cultivated in
southern Africa.
Species cultivated in southern Africa
List from Glen (2002).
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Agathis atropurpurea (Blue
kauri)
Native to Australia. |
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Agathis australis (Kauri)
Native to New Zealand. |
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Agathis borneensis (Bamboeng,
Damar minyak)
Native to Malaysia and Indonesia. |
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Agathis dammara (Almaciga,
Damar malolo, Kalane)
Native to Indonesia. |
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Agathis microstachya (Bull
kauri)
Native to Australia. |
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Agathis robusta (Queensland
kauri)
Native to Queensland, Australia,
where it grows mainly in dry marginal rainforest on
Fraser Island and in southern Queensland between
Tewantin and Maryborough. |
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