History
Many individuals are extremely old, and at one time it was believed that the Eastern Australian populations could not reproduce in present-day conditions, except by suckering (Asexual reproduction), being remnant forest from a cooler time. It has since been shown that sexual reproduction may occur, but distribution in cool, isolated high-altitude environments at temperate and tropical latitudes is consistent with the theory that the species was more prolific in a cooler age. The pattern of distribution around the southern Pacific Ocean rim has fed speculation that the dissemination of the genus dates to the time when Antarctica, Australia and South America were connected, the theoretical common land-mass referred to as Gondwana.
It is an ornamental tree and cultivated specimens tolerate −7°C (19°F), though wild plants growing on Barrington Tops have withstood record low temperatures of −17°C (1°F), no source provenance have been selected from there and other mountains, highlands or plateaus for cultivation.
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