Araucaria luxurians description

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Distribution map (redrawn from de Laubenfels 1972).

Araucaria luxurians (Brong. et Gris.) de Laub. 1972

Common Names

Coast araucaria (Silba 1986).

Taxonomic notes

Syn: A. cookii R. Br. ex D. Don var. luxurians Brongn. et Gris. 1871, A. columnaris (G. Forst) Hook. f. luxurians (Brongn. et Gris.) E.H. Wilson 1926 (Farjon 1998).

Description

"A columnar tree to 30 m. tall, with a dense rounded crown. Bark gray, exfoliating in thin strips. Twigs multi-stemmed at ends forming a fan-shaped branchlet, branchlets 10-18 mm. in diameter. Juvenile leaves scale-like, ovate, non-flattened, spreading, 6-12 mm. long. Adult leaves imbricate, scale-like, ovate, 5-7 mm. long by 4-5 mm. wide, midrib prominent. Male cone cylindrical, 12-17 cm. long by 25-28 mm. wide, scales triangular and acuminate, microsporophylls oval, pollen sacs 12-15. Female cone 10-12 cm. long by 8-10 cm. wide; bracts short and stout, to 10 mm. long. Seed 3-3.5 cm. long, with an elongated nut and with triangular wings. Germination epigeal" (Silba 1986).

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