Taxon: Araucaria araucana (Molina) K. Koch

• the 9 historical accession(s) associated with this name.
• Check PlantSearch database of Botanic Gardens Conservation International for possible non-NPGS germplasm.

Species on the following lists:

• CITES Appendix I
  
• Check conservation status and distribution in NatureServe Explorer database

Common names:

• Chilean-pine   (Source: Hortus 3 ) – English
  
• monkey-puzzle   (Source: Hortus 3 ) – English
  
• monkey-puzzle-tree   (Source: Hortus 3 ) – English
  
• araucaria de Chile   (Source: Mansf Ency ) – French
  
• chilenische Araukarie   (Source: Mansf Ency ) – German
  
• Chiletanne   (Source: Mansf Ency ) – German
  
• araucária-do-Chile   (Source: D. Groth, p.c. 2005) – Portuguese (Brazil)
  
• brödgran   (Source: Vara kulturvaxt namn ) – Swedish
  

More:

see MMPND for additional names in foreign scripts

Economic importance:

• Environmental: ornamental   (fide Zander ed13)
  
• Human food: seeds   (fide Mansf Ency)
  
• Materials: wood   (timber fide Ency WTimber)
  

Distributional range:

• SOUTHERN AMERICA
  Southern South America: Argentina - Neuquen, Rio Negro; Chile - Bio-Bio, La Araucania, Los Lagos

• SOUTHERN AMERICA
  Southern South America: Chile
• also cultivated elsewhere

References:

• Aldén, B., S. Ryman & M. Hjertson. 2009. Våra kulturväxters namn - ursprung och användning. Formas, Stockholm (Handbook on Swedish cultivated and utility plants, their names and origin).
• Boutelje, J. B. 1980. Encyclopedia of world timbers, names and technical literature.
• CITES. Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) Appendices I, II and III (on-line resource).
• Encke, F. et al. 1984. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 13. Auflage.
• Farjon, A. 1998. World checklist and bibliography of conifers.
• Groth, D. 2005. pers. comm. [re. Brazilian common names].
• Hanelt, P., ed. 2001. Mansfeld's encyclopedia of agricultural and horticultural crops. Volumes 1-6.
• IPGRI. New World Fruits Database (on-line resource).
• Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. 1976. Hortus third.
• Marticorena, C. & R. Rodriguez, eds. 1995–. Flora de Chile.
• Porcher, M. H. et al. Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) (on-line resource).
• Rehder, A. 1949. Bibliography of cultivated trees and shrubs.
• Zuloaga, F. O. & O. Morrone, eds. 1996. Catálogo de las plantas vasculares de la República Argentina. I. Pteridophyta, Gymnospermae y Angiospermae (Monocotyledonae), II. Dicotyledonae. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 60, 74., 1999

More:

Search AGRICOLA article citation database for citations referencing Araucaria araucana.

Search NCBI's Entrez search engine for PubMed citations referencing Araucaria araucana.

Search Biodiversity Heritage Library for historical publications referencing Araucaria araucana.

Synonyms:

• (=) Araucaria imbricata Pav.
  (previously associated with 3 accessions)
• (≡) Pinus araucana Molina (basionym)
  

Check other web resources for Araucaria araucana (Molina) K. Koch:

• Flora del Conosur: Catálogo de las Plantas Vasculares del Conosur
• New World Fruits Database: Online database from Bioversity International
• TROPICOS: Nomenclatural and Specimen Database of the Missouri Botanical Garden
• Gymnosperm Database of Christopher J. Earle
• Mansfeld: Mansfeld's World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops
• ICRA: International Cultivar Registration Authority (on-line resource). for Araucaria araucana cultivars
• ePIC: Electronic Plant Information Centre of Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
• AGRICOLA: Article Citation Database or NAL Catalog of USDA's National Agricultural Library
• Entrez: NCBI's search engine for PubMed citations, GenBank sequences, etc.

Check other web resources for images:

• PlantSystematics.org
• Note: Be advised that their identity may be inaccurate. Proper identification of a plant may require specialized taxonomic knowledge or comparison with properly documented herbarium material.

Abbreviations & symbols in GRIN Taxonomy

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