Araucaria

Araucaria Temporal range: Middle Jurassic–Recent PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Araucaria araucana South America
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Gymnospermae
Division:	Pinophyta
Class:	Pinopsida
Order:	Araucariales
Family:	Araucariaceae
Genus:	Araucaria Juss.
Type species
Araucaria araucana [1] Pav.
Synonyms
Altingia Don 1830 non Noronha 1785 Dombeya De Lamarck 1786 non L'Héritier de Brutelle 1785 Columbea Salisbury 1807 nom. ill. Eutassa Salisbury 1807 non Broun 1909 Eutacta Link 1842 Quadrifaria Manetti ex Gordon 1862 Marywildea Bobrov & Melikian 2006 Titanodendron Bobrov & Melikian 2006

Araucaria ( /ærɔːˈkɛəriə/; original pronunciation: [a.ɾawˈka. ɾja])^[2] is a genus of evergreen coniferous trees in the family Araucariaceae. While today they are largely confined to the Southern Hemisphere, during the Jurassic and Cretaceous they were globally distributed. There are 20 extant species in New Caledonia (where 14 species are endemic, see New Caledonian Araucaria), eastern Australia (including Norfolk Island), New Guinea, Argentina, Brazil, Chile and Uruguay.