Araucariaceae!
Oct. 29th, 2004 09:39 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
jinianI had no idea there was such a thing as the Wollemi Pine, and no one else did either until very recently. So cool! The Araucariaceae include monkey-puzzle trees, Norfolk pines, and very few other things; Wollemia is only the third genus known to be extant.
It's not Homo floresiensis, but it's awfully neat.
It's not Homo floresiensis, but it's awfully neat.
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Date: 2004-10-29 09:58 pm (UTC)Its bark is also distinct even from related species, looking very much like bubbling chocolate.
A fungus found on the leaves of some of the Wollemi Pines in the wild has been found to produce small quantities of a chemical known as Taxol.
I am subscribed to Wollemi Watch.