[Taxacom] Australian wollemi pines dodge a bullet (this time)

[Anthony Gill]

Hi Ken,

I view the protection of habitats as more important than species in
isolation. If Wollemi Pines have survived in isolation, what other plants
and animals have survived in the same habitat. I would not be at all
surprised if there are as yet undiscovered endemic species at the same
location - particularly (but not only) of taxa that are ecologically tied
to Wollemi Pines.

Tony


On Thu, Jan 16, 2020 at 1:36 PM Kenneth Kinman <kinman at hotmail.com> wrote:

> Hi Anthony,
>          Thankfully, in order to "ensure the species survives, an
> insurance population of young Wollemi Pines has been planted at another
> secret location in the Blue Mountains."   "Access to the insurance site
> is strictly controlled and each piece of equipment taken in has to be
> washed down with fungicide to stop the spread of Phytophthora."
>          That second population, along with seeds in seed banks, as well
> as trees growing at sites throughout the world, should ensure the species
> survival.  This is no doubt easier and less expensive than protecting
> something like the whooping crane (since you can't grow a whooping crane
> from seed and grow one in a pot).
>                                   -----------------Ken Kinman
>
>
> https://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-09-21/secret-bid-to-save-prehistoric-wollemi-pines/5758542
>
> ------------------------------
> *From:* Anthony Gill <gill.anthony at gmail.com>
> *Sent:* Wednesday, January 15, 2020 8:06 PM
> *To:* Kenneth Kinman <kinman at hotmail.com>
> *Cc:* taxacom <taxacom at mailman.nhm.ku.edu>
> *Subject:* Re: [Taxacom] Australian wollemi pines dodge a bullet (this
> time)
>
> I have no idea why the journalist posted aerial photos of the (secret)
> location. Took me 10 minutes to match it on Google Earth.
>
> On Thu, Jan 16, 2020 at 1:02 PM Kenneth Kinman via Taxacom <
> taxacom at mailman.nhm.ku.edu> wrote:
>
> Dear All,
>        The wild population of Wollemi pines is probably more vulnerable to
> disease than it is to fire ("Detection of Phytophthora multivora in the
> Wollemi Pine site and pathogenicity to Wollemia nobilis"; see weblink
> below).  It is no doubt easier put out a fire in the area than it is to
> eliminate fungal pathogens.
>         Thankfully these trees are now being grown throughout the world (I
> noted on Taxacom that they were first available for public sale in the USA
> in 2006; see weblink below).
>                               ----------------Ken Kinman
>
>
> https://www.researchgate.net/publication/272092497_Detection_of_Phytophthora_multivora_in_the_Wollemi_Pine_site_and_pathogenicity_to_Wollemia_nobilis
>
> http://mailman.nhm.ku.edu/pipermail/taxacom/2006-October/108103.html
>
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> Grehan via Taxacom <taxacom at mailman.nhm.ku.edu>
> Sent: Wednesday, January 15, 2020 5:58 PM
> To: taxacom <taxacom at mailman.nhm.ku.edu>
> Subject: [Taxacom] Australian wollemi pines dodge a bullet (this time)
>
>
> https://www.news.com.au/technology/environment/wollemi-pines-known-as-dinosaur-trees-saved-from-nsw-bushfires-thanks-to-a-secret-firefighting-mission/news-story/e22b9bc8e2ff0bafe51a95853b64a3f6
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Dr Anthony C. Gill
Natural History Curator
A12 Macleay Museum
University of Sydney
NSW 2006
Australia.

Ph. +61 02 9036 6499