Agathis robusta

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Agathis robusta

Description

Tree to 48 m. Seed c. 10 by 6 mm with a long acute projection on one upper corner and a long bent wing c. 30 by 12 mm at the other.

Distribution

central part of New Britain present, east of Port Moresby in Papua New Guinea present, rainforests of northern Queensland present, southern Queensland on Fraser I. and the nearby mainland present
In four localized clusters, one in the central part of New Britain, another east of Port Moresby in Papua New Guinea, the largest in the rainforests of northern Queensland, and the last in southern Queensland on Fraser I. and the nearby mainland. .

Citation

WARB. 1900 – In: Monsunia: 185
FRANCO 1951: p. 105. – In: An. Inst. Sup. Agron.: f. 2-10
SILBA 1986 – In: Phytologia Mem.: 37
DALLIMORE & JACKSON 1923: Handb. Conif.: 148
DALLIMORE & JACKSON 1923: Handb. Conif.: 147
BAKER & SMITH 1910: Pines of Austr.: 376
HYLAND 1978: p. 105. – In: Brunonia: f. 1