Araucaria

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Classification & species list

There are two sections in the genus, sometimes treated as separate genera:

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• Section Araucaria. Leaves broad; cones more than 12cm diameter; seed germination hypogeal.
• Araucaria angustifolia. Paraná Pine (obsolete: Brazilian Pine, Candelabra Tree). Southeastern Brazil, northeastern Argentina.
• Araucaria araucana. Monkey-puzzle or Pehuén (obsolete: Chile Pine). Central Chile & western Argentina.
• Araucaria bidwillii. Bunya-bunya. Eastern Australia.
• Araucaria hunsteinii. Klinki. New Guinea.
• Section Eutacta. Leaves narrow, awl-like; cones less than 12cm diameter; seed germination epigeal.
• Araucaria bernieri. New Caledonia.
• Araucaria biramulata. New Caledonia.
• Araucaria columnaris. Cook Pine. New Caledonia.
• Araucaria cunninghamii. Moreton Bay Pine, Hoop Pine. Eastern Australia, New Guinea.
• Araucaria heterophylla. Norfolk Island Pine. Norfolk Island.
• Araucaria humboldtensis. New Caledonia.
• Araucaria laubenfelsii. New Caledonia.
• Araucaria luxurians. New Caledonia.
• Araucaria montana. New Caledonia.
• Araucaria muelleri. New Caledonia.
• Araucaria nemorosa. New Caledonia.
• Araucaria rulei. New Caledonia.
• Araucaria schmidii. New Caledonia.
• Araucaria scopulorum. New Caledonia.
• Araucaria subulata. New Caledonia.