Araucaria araucana
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Internal ID | UUID643fe57dcdb3c764929936 |
Scientific name | Araucaria araucana |
Authority | (Molina) K.Koch |
First published in | Dendrologie 2(2): 206 (1873) |
Description Top
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Araucaria araucana, commonly known as the monkey puzzle tree, is an evergreen tree native to central and southern Chile and western Argentina. It is the hardiest species in the conifer genus Araucaria and is sometimes called a living fossil. It is also the national tree of Chile and is protected under Appendix I of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES). It prefers temperate climates with abundant rainfall and can grow well in western and central Europe, the west coast of North America, New Zealand, southeastern Australia, and south east Ireland. It is tolerant of coastal salt spray, but does not tolerate exposure to pollution. It is dioecious, with the male and female cones on separate trees, and is wind pollinated. The piñones, or seeds, are edible, similar to large pine nuts, and are harvested by indigenous peoples in Argentina and Chile. It is a popular garden tree, planted for the unusual effect of its thick, "reptilian" branches with very symmetrical appearance. It is threatened by logging, forest fires, grazing, and human harvesting of piñones.
Synonyms Top
Scientific name | Authority | First published in |
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Abies araucana | Poir. | Encycl. , Suppl. 6: 524 (1817) |
Araucaria chilensis | Mirb. | Mém. Mus. Hist. Nat. 13: 49 (1825) |
Araucaria dombeyi | A.Rich. | Dict. Class. Hist. Nat. [Bory] 1: 512. 1822 |
Araucaria imbricata | Pav. | Mem. Real Acad. Méd. Madrid 1: 199 (1797) |
Pinus araucana | Molina | Sag. Stor. Nat. Chili : 182 (1782) |
Araucaria imbricata var. variegata | Gordon | Pinetum Suppl.: 24. 1862 |
Columbea imbricata var. variegata | (Gordon) Carrière | Traité Gén. Conif. ed. 2: 599 1868 |
Columbea imbricata var. densa | Carrière | Traité Gén. Conif. ed. 2: 599. 1868 |
Columbea imbricata var. denudata | Carrière | Traité Gén. Conif. ed. 2: 600. 1868 |
Columbea imbricata var. striata | Carrière | Traité Gén. Conif. ed. 2: 600. 1868 |
Columbea imbricata var. latifolia | Carrière | Traité Gén. Conif. ed. 2: 600. 1868 |
Columbea imbricata var. distans | Carrière | Traité Gén. Conif. ed. 2: 600. 1868 |
Araucaria araucana subsp. conguillioensis | Silba | J. Int. Conifer Preserv. Soc. , rev. vers. 16(1): 54 (53) (2009) |
Columbea imbricata | Carrière | Traité Gén. Conif. , ed. 2: 598 (1867) |
Columbea quadrifaria | Salisb. | Trans. Linn. Soc. London 8: 317 (1807) |
Araucaria araucana var. angustifolia | Dallim. & A.B.Jacks. | Handb. Conif. ed. 3: 193. 1948 |
Araucaria imbricata var. aurea | Dallim. & A.B.Jacks. | Handb. Conif. 158. 1923 |
Araucaria araucana var. aurea | (Dallim. & A.B.Jacks.) Dallim. & A.B.Jacks. | Handb. Conif. ed. 3: 193 1948 |
Araucaria araucana f. virgata | Schwer. | Mitt. Deutsch. Dendrol. Ges. 38: 407 1927 |
Araucaria imbricata var. platifolia | G.Nicholson | Ill. Dict. Gard. Suppl.: 80. 1901 |
Dombeya araucana | (Molina) Raeusch. | Nomencl. Bot. [Raeusch.] ed. 3, 291. 1797 |
Common names Top
Add a new one! Suggest a correction!Language | Common/alternative name |
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English | monkey puzzle tree |
English | monkey puzzle |
English | monkey-puzzle |
English | monkeypuzzle tree |
English | pehuen |
Spanish | columbea quadrifaria |
Spanish | araucaria |
Spanish | pehuén |
Spanish | pino araucana |
Spanish | pino chileno |
Spanish | piñonero |
Spanish | pinus araucana |
Spanish | dombeya chilensis |
Spanish | abies columbaria |
Spanish | columbea imbricata var. variegata |
Spanish | dombeya araucana |
Spanish | josefa y natalia tortigulis |
Spanish | nuez de pehuen |
Spanish | pehuen |
Spanish | columbea imbricata var. denudata |
Spanish | columbea imbricata var. densa |
Spanish | abies araucana |
Spanish | araucaria chilensis |
Spanish | araucaria dombeyi |
Spanish | araucaria imbricata var. variegata |
Spanish | columbea imbricata |
Arabic | أروكاريا أروكانية |
arn | pewen |
Azerbaijani | araukarya araukana |
Bulgarian | чилийска араукария |
Czech | blahočet chilský |
Czech | blahočet čilský |
Welsh | cas gan fwnci |
Welsh | cas-gan-fwnci |
Welsh | pinwydden chile |
Danish | abetræ |
Danish | abernes skræk |
German | affenschwanzbaum |
German | chilenische araukarie |
German | dombeya chilensis |
German | andentanne |
German | chilenische schmucktanne |
German | pehuén |
Greek | Χιλιανή αραουκάρια |
Esperanto | Ĉilia araŭkario |
Persian | معمای میمون (درخت) |
Finnish | chilenaraukaria |
Faroese | aputræ |
French | désespoir du singe |
French | araucaria du chili |
French | désespoir des singes |
French | pin du chili |
French | pehuén |
Irish | arócar |
Galician | piñeiro de chile |
Manx | arroghyr |
Croatian | Čileanska araukarija |
Upper Sorbian | chilska arawkarija |
Upper Sorbian | chilski błahoč |
Hungarian | pikkelyfenyő |
Hungarian | chilei araukária |
Icelandic | apahrellir |
Italian | albero della scimmia |
Japanese | チリマツ |
Korean | 칠레소나무 |
lb | afebam |
Lithuanian | Čilinė araukarija |
Latvian | Čīles araukārija |
Malayalam | മങ്കി പസിൾ ട്രീ |
Norwegian Bokmål | skjellgran |
Dutch | slangenden |
Dutch | apenboom |
Dutch | slangeden |
Polish | araukaria chilijska |
Polish | igława chilijska |
Punjab | اراکیریا اراکانا |
Portuguese | araucária-do-chile |
Quechua | piwin |
Russian | Араукария чилийская |
Serbo-Croatian | Čileanska araukarija |
Slovak | araukária andská |
Slovak | blahočet čilský |
Slovak | blahočet čílsky |
Serbian | Чилеанска араукарија |
Serbian | pehuén |
Serbian | Араукарија араукана |
Swedish | pehuen |
Swedish | brödgran |
Turkish | pehuen |
Turkish | maymun çıkmazı ağacı |
Turkish | maymun çıkmazı |
Turkish | maymun bulmacası ağacı |
Turkish | maymun bulmacası |
Turkish | Şili arokaryası |
Turkish | Şili arokanyası |
udm | Чилиысь араукария |
Ukrainian | Араукарія чилійська |
Vietnamese | pinus araucana |
Chinese | 智利南洋杉 |
Germination/Propagation Top
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Distribution (via POWO/KEW) Top
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Southern South America
- Argentina South
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Links to other databases Top
Suggest others/fix!Database | ID/link to page |
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World Flora Online | wfo-0000260165 |
USDA Plants | ARAR23 |
Tropicos | 2300010 |
INPN | 83465 |
KEW | urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:261681-1 |
The Plant List | kew-14339 |
Missouri Botanical Garden | 276630 |
PaleoBotany | 39828 |
Open Tree Of Life | 963047 |
Observations.org | 114687 |
NCBI Taxonomy | 42754 |
NBN Atlas | NHMSYS0000456023 |
IUCN Red List | 31355 |
IPNI | 261681-1 |
iNaturalist | 126404 |
GBIF | 2684984 |
Freebase | /m/014jmt |
EPPO | ARUAR |
EOL | 1034857 |
Elurikkus | 210167 |
US Library of Congress | sh2008001881 |
USDA GRIN | 3834 |
Wikipedia | Araucaria_araucana |
Genomes (via NCBI) Top
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Scientific Literature Top
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Commodity risk assessment of Corylus avellana plants from the UK | Bragard C, Baptista P, Chatzivassiliou E, Di Serio F, Jaques Miret JA, Justesen AF, MacLeod A, Magnusson CS, Milonas P, Navas‐Cortes JA, Parnell S, Potting R, Reignault PL, Stefani E, Thulke H, Van der Werf W, Civera AV, Yuen J, Zappalà L, Battisti A, Mas H, Rigling D, Faccoli M, Mikulová A, Mosbach‐Schulz O, Stergulc F, Streissl F, Gonthier P | EFSA J | 12-Jan-2024 |
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Juvenile Plant–Microbe Interactions Modulate the Adaptation and Response of Forest Seedlings to Rapid Climate Change | Sanhueza T, Hernández I, Sagredo-Sáez C, Villanueva-Guerrero A, Alvarado R, Mujica MI, Fuentes-Quiroz A, Menendez E, Jorquera-Fontena E, Valadares RB, Herrera H | Plants (Basel) | 09-Jan-2024 |
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Identification and Biological Characteristics of Mortierella alpina Associated with Chinese Flowering Cherry (Cerasus serrulata) Leaf Blight in China | Shao D, Xu Y, Zhang C, Lai Z, Song L, Su J, Yang R, Jing X, Felix A, Abubakar YS, Lu G, Ye W | J Fungi (Basel) | 05-Jan-2024 |
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New Resinogalea species from Araucaria araucana resin in Chile and reclassification of the genus in the Cryptocaliciomycetidae | Balocchi F, Barnes I, Wingfield MJ, Ahumada R, Visagie CM | IMA Fungus | 18-Aug-2023 |
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Commodity risk assessment of Fagus sylvatica plants from the UK | Bragard C, Baptista P, Chatzivassiliou E, Di Serio F, Jaques Miret JA, Justesen AF, MacLeod A, Magnusson CS, Milonas P, Navas‐Cortes JA, Parnell S, Potting R, Reignault PL, Stefani E, Thulke H, Van der Werf W, Vicent Civera A, Yuen J, Zappalà L, Battisti A, Mas H, Rigling D, Faccoli M, Gardi C, Iacopetti G, Mikulová A, Mosbach‐Schulz O, Stergulc F, Streissl F, Gonthier P | EFSA J | 28-Jul-2023 |
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Neuroprotective Properties of Eudesmin on a Cellular Model of Amyloid-β Peptide Toxicity | Castillo C, Bravo-Arrepol G, Wendt A, Saez-Orellana F, Millar C, Burgos CF, Gavilán J, Pacheco C, Ahumada-Rudolph R, Napiórkowska M, Pérez C, Becerra J, Fuentealba J, Cabrera-Pardo JR | J Alzheimers Dis | 25-Jul-2023 |
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Commodity risk assessment of Acer campestre plants from the UK | Bragard C, Baptista P, Chatzivassiliou E, Di Serio F, Jaques Miret JA, Justesen AF, MacLeod A, Magnusson CS, Milonas P, Navas‐Cortes JA, Parnell S, Potting R, Reignault PL, Stefani E, Thulke H, Van der Werf W, Vicent Civera A, Yuen J, Zappalà L, Battisti A, Mas H, Rigling D, Faccoli M, Gardi C, Iacopetti G, Mikulová A, Mosbach‐Schulz O, Stergulc F, Streissl F, Gonthier P | EFSA J | 06-Jul-2023 |
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Commodity risk assessment of Acer palmatum plants from the UK | Bragard C, Baptista P, Chatzivassiliou E, Di Serio F, Jaques Miret JA, Justesen AF, MacLeod A, Magnusson CS, Milonas P, Navas‐Cortes JA, Parnell S, Potting R, Reignault PL, Stefani E, Thulke H, Van der Werf W, Vicent Civera A, Yuen J, Zappalà L, Battisti A, Mas H, Rigling D, Faccoli M, Gardi C, Iacopetti G, Mikulová A, Mosbach‐Schulz O, Stergulc F, Streissl F, Gonthier P | EFSA J | 06-Jul-2023 |
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Commodity risk assessment of Acer pseudoplatanus plants from the UK | Bragard C, Baptista P, Chatzivassiliou E, Di Serio F, Jaques Miret JA, Justesen AF, MacLeod A, Magnusson CS, Milonas P, Navas‐Cortes JA, Parnell S, Potting R, Reignault PL, Stefani E, Thulke H, Van der Werf W, Vicent Civera A, Yuen J, Zappalà L, Battisti A, Mas H, Rigling D, Faccoli M, Gardi C, Iacopetti G, Mikulová A, Mosbach‐Schulz O, Stergulc F, Streissl F, Gonthier P | EFSA J | 06-Jul-2023 |
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Commodity risk assessment of Acer platanoides plants from the UK | Bragard C, Baptista P, Chatzivassiliou E, Di Serio F, Jaques Miret JA, Justesen AF, MacLeod A, Magnusson CS, Milonas P, Navas‐Cortes JA, Parnell S, Potting R, Reignault PL, Stefani E, Thulke H, Van der Werf W, Vicent Civera A, Yuen J, Zappalà L, Battisti A, Mas H, Rigling D, Faccoli M, Gardi C, Iacopetti G, Mikulová A, Mosbach‐Schulz O, Stergulc F, Streissl F, Gonthier P | EFSA J | 06-Jul-2023 |
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Macrolichen Communities Depend on Phorophyte in Conguillío National Park, Chile | Villagra J, Sancho LG, Alors D | Plants (Basel) | 26-Jun-2023 |
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White-rot fungi scavenge reactive oxygen species, which drives pH-dependent exo-enzymatic mechanisms and promotes CO2 efflux | Jofré-Fernández I, Matus-Baeza F, Merino-Guzmán C | Front Microbiol | 08-Jun-2023 |
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Contribution of Arbuscular Mycorrhizal and Endophytic Fungi to Drought Tolerance in Araucaria araucana Seedlings | Chávez D, Rivas G, Machuca Á, Santos C, Deramond C, Aroca R, Cornejo P | Plants (Basel) | 26-May-2023 |
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A novel aminotransferase gene and its regulator acquired in Saccharomyces by a horizontal gene transfer event | Tapia SM, Macías LG, Pérez-Torrado R, Daroqui N, Manzanares P, Querol A, Barrio E | BMC Biol | 08-May-2023 |
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A review on Q ST – F ST comparisons of seed plants: Insights for conservation | Chung MY, Merilä J, Kim Y, Mao K, López‐Pujol J, Chung MG | Ecol Evol | 28-Mar-2023 |
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