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Araucariaceae

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Araucariaceae

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Araucariaceae is a family of conifers with three living genera, Araucaria, Agathis, and Wollemia. While the family's native distribution is now largely confined to the Southern Hemisphere, except for a few species of Agathis in Malesia, it was formerly widespread in the Northern Hemisphere during the Jurassic and Cretaceous periods.

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Araucariaceae is a family of plants within the order Pinales. It belongs to the class Pinopsida, the phylum Tracheophyta, and the kingdom Plantae. The taxonomic authority for this family is Henkel & W.Hochst., and its status is accepted. The type genus for the family is Araucaria.

Records for Araucariaceae are held by several institutions, including SDNHM, YPM, UTEP, NCSM, and UOMNH. These records originate from the United States, Malaysia, the Dominican Republic, Australia, and Chile. The family has 58,894 recorded occurrences and 180 associated publications.

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Species

Araucariaceae

FAMILY

  1. KingdomPlantae
  2. PhylumTracheophyta
  3. ClassPinopsida
  4. OrderPinales
  5. FamilyAraucariaceae
Observations recorded58,894

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Museum specimens

Specimen records
46
With media
7
Family
Araucariaceae
Collections
SDNHM, YPM, UTEP, NCSM, UOMNH, CM
Recorded in
United States, Malaysia, Dominican Republic, Australia, Chile
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Research

180 papers

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Encyclopedic overview

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Contents
  • Description
  • Classification and genera
  • Phylogeny
  • Distribution and habitat
  • Uses
  • Fossil record
  • See also
  • References
  • Further reading

Araucariaceae is a family of conifers with three living genera, Araucaria, Agathis, and Wollemia. While the family's native distribution is now largely confined to the Southern Hemisphere, except for a few species of Agathis in Malesia, it was formerly widespread in the Northern Hemisphere during the Jurassic and Cretaceous periods.

==Description== thumb|upright=0.9|right|Tāne Mahuta ("Lord of the Forest"), a massive [[Agathis australis tree from New Zealand]] Members of Araucariaceae are typically extremely tall evergreen trees, reaching heights of or more. They can also grow very large stem diameters; a New Zealand kauri tree (Agathis australis) named Tāne Mahuta ("The Lord of the Forest") has been measured at tall with a diameter at breast height of . Its total wood volume is calculated to be , making it the third-largest conifer after Sequoia and Sequoiadendron (both from the Cupressaceae subfamily Sequoioideae).

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