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The Bunya in Queensland's Forests

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  26 February 2016

Ian R. Smith  and
Don Butler
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Much publicity has been given over the past decade to the discovery of the Wollemi pine (Wollemia nobilis) north of Sydney and its status as a ‘living fossil’. It is not generally realised that the bunya (Araucaria bidwillii), a unique part of Queensland's forests, has a similar status. The tree is the last surviving species of the section Bunya of the genus Araucaria. This section was more diverse and widespread during the Mesozoic, (Table 1), with some species having cone morphology similar to A. bidwillii appearing during the Jurassic with fossils extending into the northern hemisphere.

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Special Issue: On The Bunya Trail
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Queensland Review , Volume 9 , Issue 2 , November 2002 , pp. 31 - 38
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