drooping pine
Pherosphaera hookeriana
TASMANIAN
THREATENED
FLORA
LISTING
STATEMENT
Scientific name: Pherosphaera hookeriana W.Archer bis, Hookers J. Bot. Kew Gard.
Misc. 2: 52 (1850)
Family:
Podocarpaceae
Common name: drooping pine (Wapstra et al. 2005)
Name History: Microstrobos niphophilus, Mt Mawson pine
Status:
Distribution:
Plate 3. Foliage of Pherosphaera hookeriana (A), Diselma archeri (B) and Microcachrys tetragona (C).
CONFUSING SPECIES
2007
Area of
occupancy
(ha) **
26
< 2000
Dobson
2007
100
< 3000
Southern
Dobson
2007
~ 200
National Park
Southern
Dobson
2007
0.0001
20
National Park
Southern
Dobson
1977
National Park
National Park
Southern
Southern
Dobson
Dobson
1986
National Park
Southern
Anne
1983
National Park
National Park
Southern
Cradle Coast
Skeleton
Vera
1928
11
Lightning Ridge/Eliza
Plateau
Jubilee Range
Artichoke Valley Frenchmans Cap
1 site
Deception Range
National Park
Cradle Coast
Vera
1983
12
13
Lake Richmond
King William II
National Park
National Park
Southern
Southern
Majors
Majors
1982
14
Butlers Gorge Rd
Southern
Tarraleah
2000
15
16
17
Informal
reserve
National Park
National Park
Private reserve
Cradle Coast
Southern
Southern
Goulds
Ina
Ina
1983
1992
18
19
Cheyne Range
Du Cane Range/Mt
Gould/ Labyrinth
National Park
National Park
Cradle Coast
Northern
Collingwood
Du Cane
1992
1993
20
Junction Lake
1 site
National Park
Northern
Du Cane
Cradle Mountain
National Park
Northern
Cradle
1983
Maxwell Ridge/La
Peruse
National Park
Southern
Precipitous
1983
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Subpopulation
Tenure
NRM
region *
1:25 000
map sheet
Year last
record
Mt Field East
3 sites
Mt Mawson to Tarn
Shelf
Several sites
Wombat Moor
One site
Lake Dobson
2 sites
(1 surveyed 2007)
Newdegate Pass
Several sites
Broad River
Rodway Range
Several sites
National Park
Southern
Dobson
National Park
Southern
National Park
No. of
plants
Comments
No records
but known to
occur on range
0.01
Small
numbers
G. Jordan
Requires
verification
100
Large pop.
Unquantified
S. Corbett
Large pop.
Unquantified
G. Jordan
Around lake
edge
A. Pyrke
Unlikely
requires
verification
Unlikely as
record from
pollen
What is needed?
Recovery actions necessary to decrease the
extinction risk to Pherosphaera hookeriana include:
Investigate
the
species
long-term
cultivation requirements and increase ex situ
stock held at the Royal Tasmanian
Botanical Gardens with a focus of
maintaining genetic diversity.
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