Araucaria is a genus of conifers consisting of about 18 species. There are three Australian members of the genus; A bidwillii , A.cunninghamii (the hoop pine from Queensland and New South Wales) and A.heterophylla (the Norfolk Island pine). The latter is endemic to Norfolk Island but is widely planted in coastal areas throughout Australia.... source: Australian Native Plants Society (Australia)
Tree to 50 m tall. Adult leaves dimorphic, narrowly triangular to acicular on orthotropic shoots, narrowly triangular on plagiotropic shoots, broadly based, decurrent, spreading and secondarily distichous, 1–5 cm long, 3–10 mm wide, glossy, dark green above, paler below. Juvenile leaves similar, smaller. Male cones cylindrical, sessile, 6–11 cm long, 10–15 mm diam. Female cones terminal on short lateral branches, ovoid, 20–30 cm long, 15–20 cm diam.; bract-scales winged. Seeds ovoid, 20–25 mm long, 15–20 mm diam., shed from scales at maturity. source: ABRS Flora of Australia Online
| Testing – Mr. Stewart’s familiar listing |
| Accepted name | Source |
|---|---|
| Araucaria bidwillii |
| Synonyms | Source |
|---|---|
| Araucaria bidwilli orth. var. Hook. | |
| Published in: Hooker, W.J. 1843, Figure and description of a new species of Araucaria from Moreton Bay, New Holland. London Journal of Botany 2 498-506 | |
| Columbea bidwillii (Hook.) Carriere | |
| Published in: Carriere, E.A. 1867, Traite General des Coniferes Edn. 2. | |
| Colymbea bidwillii orth. var. Carriere | |
| Published in: Carriere, E.A. 1867, Traite General des Coniferes Edn. 2. | |
| Araucaria bidwilliana Siebert & Voss | |
| Published in: Voss, A. 1895, Vilmorin's Blumengartnerei Edn. 3. 1(2) 833-1264 | |
| Common name | Source |
|---|---|
| Bunya Pine | |
| Bunya | |
| Bunya Bunya | |
| Bunya bunya Pine | |
| Bunya-bunya Pine | |
| Monkey Puzzle Tree | |
| Queensland Pine |
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