Editing Lagarostrobos (section)

{{Short description|Genus of conifers}}
{{Speciesbox
| fossil_range = <br/>[[Paleocene]] to recent {{Fossil range|66|0}}
| image = HuonPine.jpg
| image_caption = Huon pine in a Tasmanian botanical garden
| status = LC
| status_system = IUCN3.1
| status_ref = <ref name="iucn status 19 November 2021">{{cite iucn |author=Farjon, A. |date=2013 |title=''Lagarostrobos franklinii'' |volume=2013 |page=e.T34153A2848138 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-1.RLTS.T34153A2848138.en |access-date=19 November 2021}}</ref>
| genus = Lagarostrobos
| parent_authority = Quinn
| species = franklinii
| authority = ([[Joseph Dalton Hooker|Hook.f.]]) Quinn
}}

'''''Lagarostrobos franklinii''''' is a species of [[Pinophyta|conifer]] native to the wet southwestern corner of [[Tasmania]], [[Australia]]. It is often known as the '''Huon pine''' or '''Macquarie pine''', although it is actually a [[Podocarpaceae|podocarp]] (Podocarpaceae), not a true [[pine]] (Pinaceae).<ref name=Molloy95>{{cite journal|last=Molloy|first=B. P. J.|year=1995|title=Manoao (Podocarpaceae), a new monotypic conifer genus endemic to New Zealand|journal=New Zealand Journal of Botany|volume=33|issue=2|pages=183–201|doi=10.1080/0028825x.1995.10410483|doi-access=free|bibcode=1995NZJB...33..183M }}</ref><ref name="iucn status 19 November 2021" /> It is the sole species in the genus '''''Lagarostrobos'''''; one other species ''L. colensoi'' (endemic to [[New Zealand]]) formerly included has been transferred to a new genus ''[[Manoao]]''. The genus was also formerly included in a broader circumscription of the genus ''[[Dacrydium]]''.<ref>{{cite journal|last=Quinn|first=C. J.|year=1982|title=Taxonomy of ''Dacrydium'' Sol. ex Lamb|journal=Australian Journal of Botany|volume=30|issue=3|pages=311–320|doi=10.1071/bt9820311}}</ref>

In molecular phylogenetic analyses ''Lagorostrobos'' was found to be related to ''[[Parasitaxus]]'' (a parasitic and monotypic genus from [[New Caledonia]]) and ''[[Manoao]]'', but their exact relationships are unresolved.<ref>Sinclair, W. T., R. R. Mill, M. F. Gardner, P. Woltz, T. Jaffré, J. Preston, M. L. Hollingsworth, A. Ponge, and M. Möller. (2002) Evolutionary Relationships of the New Caledonian Heterotrophic Conifer Parasitaxus Ustus (Podocarpaceae), Inferred from Chloroplast trnL-F Intron/Spacer and Nuclear ITS2 Sequences. Plant Systematics and Evolution 233: 79–104.</ref>

The [[wood]] is highly prized for its golden yellow colour, fine grain, and natural oils that resist rotting. The chemical giving the timber its unique smell and preservative qualities is [[methyl eugenol]].

It has been planted in the grounds of [[Crathes Castle]], [[Aberdeenshire]], [[Scotland]] and has done well.  Two healthy specimens can also be found at [[Torosay Castle]], [[Isle of Mull]].<ref name="Royal Horticultural Society">{{cite web|url=http://www.rhs.org.uk/Plants/RHS-Publications/Journals/The-Plantsman/2007-issues/December/halfhardytrees |title=''Half-hardy trees in Britain and Ireland - part two'' |publisher=Royal Horticultural Society |accessdate=2009-06-18 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130311041058/http://www.rhs.org.uk/Plants/RHS-Publications/Journals/The-Plantsman/2007-issues/December/halfhardytrees |archivedate=2013-03-11 }}</ref>