Relatives
The nearest relative found is Araucaria angustifolia, a South-American Araucaria which differs in the width of the leaves. The recently found 'Wollemi Pine', Wollemia, though discovered in south-east Australia, is possibly its relative or possibly a relative of the Norfolk Island Pine. Their common ancestry dates to a time when Australia, Antarctica and South America were linked by land.
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