Agathis silbae

Araucariaceae Agathis silbae de Laub.

Etymology
Agathis refers to ‘ball of thread’; indicating its spherical seed cones.
silbae refers to J. Silba, who named multiple conifers himself.

Colloquial Name
Santo kauri

Distribution

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TDWG Codes
6, 60, VAN

Habitat
The natural habitats for Agathis silbae are subtropical/tropical moist lowland forests, subtropical/tropical moist montane forests. It is naturally found at an elevation of at least 800 up to 800 metres. There are no conifers associated with Agathis silbae that are known of.

USDA Hardiness zone – 10
Agathis silbae is hardy to USDA Zone 10 (estimated), meaning its frost tolerance lies somewhere in the range of -1.1C (30F) to 4.4C (40F).

Species Continuity
The population trend for Agathis silbae is unknown. There are ongoing threats for Agathis silbae and they are listed as follows:

• 2 Overexploitation & Resource Use
  • 2.1 Logging & Wood Harvesting

IUCN Category – NT
According to the IUCN Red List, Agathis silbae has been assigned the status of NT(Near Threatened). This means that according to the Red List criteria, this species is not threatened, but is close to having this status.

Superordinate Taxa
The nearest superordinate taxon for Agathis silbae is Agathis. The coordinate taxa for Agathis silbae are therefore:

Agathis silbae is also placed under Araucariaceae. This family is mostly located on the southern hemisphere, whith New Caledonia as its hotspot for Araucariaceae diversity.

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