cross-posted from: https://aussie.zone/post/709116
- Southern conifers, found in Australia, South America, New Zealand, and New Caledonia, may not actually be true conifers and could be more closely related to flowering plants.
- Conifers are gymnosperms with naked seeds and cones.
- Southern conifers evolved from southern seed ferns and have broad leaves compared to the needle-like leaves of northern conifers.
- Some southern conifers, such as Araucaria and Agathis species, have cones.
- The Wollemi pine, a species of southern conifer, is considered a “living fossil” and appeared around 200 million years ago.
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