Agathis

Agathis
Temporal range:
Paleocene to recent 64.67–0 Ma
Agathis robusta Eastern Australia
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Gymnospermae
Division: Pinophyta
Class: Pinopsida
Order: Araucariales
Family: Araucariaceae
Genus: Agathis
Salisb. 1807
Type species
Agathis loranthifolia
Salisb. 1807
Distribution of Agathis species
Synonyms[1]
  • Dammara (Rumph., 1741) Lam., 1786 ex Link, 1822
  • Salisburyodendron A.V.Bobrov & Melikyan

Agathis, commonly known as kauri or dammara, is a genus of evergreen coniferous trees, native to Australasia and Southeast Asia. It is one of three extant genera in the family Araucariaceae, alongside Wollemia and Araucaria (being more closely related to the former).[1][2] Its leaves are much broader than most conifers. Kauri gum is commercially harvested from New Zealand kauri.

  1. ^ a b Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  2. ^ de Laubenfels, David J. 1988. Coniferales. P. 337–453 in Flora Malesiana, Series I, Vol. 10. Dordrecht: Kluwer Academic.