Araucariaceae

Araucaria Juss.

First published in Gen. Pl.: 413 (1789)
This genus is accepted
The native range of this genus is New Guinea to SW. Pacific, SE. & S. Brazil to S. Central Chile.

Distribution

Native to:

Argentina Northeast, Argentina South, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Chile Central, Chile South, New Caledonia, New Guinea, New South Wales, Norfolk Is., Paraguay, Queensland

Introduced into:

Ascension, Bangladesh, Comoros, Cook Is., Ethiopia, Great Britain, Mauritius, New Zealand North, Réunion, Tokelau-Manihiki, Tubuai Is.

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Accepted Species

Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Farjon, A. (2010). A handbook of the world's Conifers 1: 1-526. BRILL, Leiden, Boston.
  • Govaerts, R. (1995). World Checklist of Seed Plants 1(1, 2): 1-483, 1-529. MIM, Deurne.
  • Govaerts, R. (2003). World Checklist of Selected Plant Families Database in ACCESS: 1-216203. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Sources

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2023. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2022 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2023. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2022 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Science Photographs

    • Copyright applied to individual images