Agathis Australis

[honeymann2004]

Friends-
Does any one know of where this Agathis Australis ( Kauri) got its
name as Agathis? Is Kauri the local name? are there other names to it?
Thanx

[Eleana Needham]

It may derive from the greek word for thistle "akanthos" as the mature cones
look a bit like the head of a thistle. - I am only going by the possible
meaning as it appears. Any botanists on the list??

Eleana

[Homoeopathy]

Kauri Agathis Australis Introduction

http://www.hominf.org/kaur/kaurintr.htm



Anthony Gunterman

[Julian Winston]

At 4:24 PM +0000 7/30/04, honeymann2004 wrote:

Kauri is the local (common) name.
Agathis Australis is the scientific name. Not sure who developed that
classification.

JW