FAO collections | Species | No. of provenances | Type or altitude | Amount (g) | |
a. | Western Australia | Eucalyptus camaldulensis | 1 | 3 032 | |
" gomphocephala | 2 | 4 506 | |||
" kingsmillii | 1 | 169 | |||
" occidentalis | 2 | 992 | |||
" oleosa | 2 | 1 700 | |||
" sargentii | 2 | 396 | |||
b. | Tasmania | Eucalyptus dalrympleana/viminalis | 7 | 2 381 | |
" delegatensis | 9 | 13 040 | |||
" globulus | 1 | 3 514 | |||
c. | South Australia-Victoria | Eucalyptus leucoxylon | 6 | 3 742 | |
d. | Portuguese Timor | Eucalyptus ‘decaisneana’ | 2 | up to 1300m | 453 |
" " | 2 | 1300–2300m | 2 154 | ||
" " | 4 | 2300–3100m | 481 | ||
" alba | 1 | North coast type | 56 | ||
" " | 1 | Mountain type | 510 | ||
" " | 1 | South coast type | 3 940 | ||
e. | North Queensland | Araucaria cunninghamii | 2 | 83.805 | |
Eucalyptus camaldulensis | 3 | 1.843 | |||
E. citriodora | 2 | 651 | |||
E. cloeziana | 2 | 3.850 | |||
E. robusta | 1 | 368 | |||
Collections by other authorities or individuals | |||||
a. | Northern Territory Administration | Callitris intratropica | 3 | 3 175 | |
Eucalyptus miniata | 2 | 2 268 | |||
" microtheca | 1 | 254 | |||
b. | Queensland Forest Service | Araucaria cunninghamii | 3 | 27 216 | |
c. | Forest Department Papua, New Guinea | Araucaria cunninghamii | 1 | 9 072 | |
Eucalyptus deglupta | 1 | 453 | |||
d. | Private collectors | Acacia binervata | 2 | 2 721 | |
" elata | 1 | 4 082 |
Smaller quantities of the following species were also collected:
Western Australia: Eucalyptus anceps, E. angulosa, E. brockwayi, E. burracoppinensis, E. calycogona, E. campaspe, E. carnei, E. clelandii, E. concinna, E. aff.conglobata, E. cornuta, E. corrugata, E. cylindriflora, E. dielsii, E. diptera, E. diversifolia, E. dumosa, E. dundasii, E. ebbanoensis, E. eremophila, E. erythronema, E. flocktoniae, E. foecunda, E. forrestiana, E. gomphocornuta, E. gonglylocarpa, E. gracilis, E. grossa, E. jutsonii, E. kondininensis, E. leptophylla, E. leptopoda, E. lesouefii, E. loxophleba, E. marginata, E. melanoxylon, E. oldfieldii, E. oleosa (and varieties), E. platycorys, E. pterocarpa, E. redunca, E. rudis, E. salmonophloia, E. sheathiana, E. spathulata, E. stricklandii, E. tetragona, E. tetraptera, E. torquata, E. transcontinentalis, E. uncinata, E. wandoo, E. websterana.
The total amount collected for FAO was 39 916 g of seed.
North Queensland: Eucalyptus alba, E. brassii, E. cambageana, E. exserta, E.pachycalyx, E. peltata, E. polycarpa, E. shirleyi, E. tereticornis.
The total amount collected for FAO was 90 517 g of seed.
Tasmania: Eucalyptus amygdalina (2), E. gunnii (3), E. johnstoni (2), E. obliqua (2), E. ovata (3), E. pauciflora (2), E. regnans (4), E. sieberi (1), E. tasmanica (2). (The figure in brackets indicates the number of provenances).
The total amount collected for FAO was 25 855 g of seed.
North Queensland: Eucalyptus camaldulensis, E. citriodora.
The demand for high quality seed of Australian tree species has continued to increase. In 1970 the Seed Section of the Forest Research Institute received 331 requests for seed, equalling 2 676 samples. Many of the requests were for seed collected with assistance of FAO funds. Seed was sent to 72 countries.
Seeds from the 1969 collections in the Philippines and Indonesia have been in strong demand. Eucalyptus deglupta seed was distributed to 22 countries, Pinus kesiya to 30 countries and Pinus merkusii to 25 countries. Most of the seed of E. deglupta and P. merkusii has now been distributed.