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Araucaria
Taxonomy
Araucaria was named by de Jussieu (1789). It is extant.
It was assigned to Araucariaceae by Berry (1914), Knowlton (1919), Hill (1990), Chandra and Tewari (1991), Srivastava (1991), McLoughlin et al. (1995), Brea et al. (2012), Andruchow-Colombo et al. (2018) and Stiles et al. (2020).
It was assigned to Araucariaceae by Berry (1914), Knowlton (1919), Hill (1990), Chandra and Tewari (1991), Srivastava (1991), McLoughlin et al. (1995), Brea et al. (2012), Andruchow-Colombo et al. (2018) and Stiles et al. (2020).
Species
A. annulata (syn. Araucarioides annulata), A. balcombensis, A. bladenensis, A. clarkii, A. darlingtonensis, A. fimbriatus, A. grandifolia, A. hastiensis, A. hatcheri, A. jeffreyi, A. lefipanensis, A. lignitici, A. longifolia, A. marensii, A. marylandica, A. megastrobilii, A. nathorsti, A. obtusifolia, A. planus, A. podocarpoides, A. prominens, A. readiae, A. spatulata, A. taeriensis, A. uncinatus, A. zamioides
Species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1789 | Araucaria de Jussieu |
| 1914 | Araucaria Berry p. 19 |
| 1919 | Araucaria Knowlton |
| 1990 | Araucaria Hill |
| 1991 | Araucaria Chandra and Tewari |
| 1991 | Araucaria Srivastava |
| 1995 | Araucaria McLoughlin et al. |
| 2012 | Araucaria Brea et al. |
| 2018 | Araucaria Andruchow-Colombo et al. |
| 2020 | Araucaria Stiles et al. |
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If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.
G. Araucaria de Jussieu 1789
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†Araucaria annulata Pole 1992
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Invalid names: Araucarioides annulata Bigwood and Hill 1985 [replaced]
†Araucaria balcombensis Selling 1950
†Araucaria bladenensis Berry 1908
†Araucaria clarkii Berry 1910
†Araucaria darlingtonensis Berry 1914
†Araucaria fimbriatus Hill 1990
†Araucaria grandifolia Del Fueyo and Archangelsky 2002
†Araucaria hastiensis Hill and Bigwood 1987
†Araucaria hatcheri Wieland 1908
†Araucaria jeffreyi Berry 1908
†Araucaria lefipanensis Andruchow-Colombo et al. 2018
†Araucaria lignitici Cookson and Duigan 1951
†Araucaria longifolia Brown 1962
†Araucaria marensii Cantrill and Poole 2005
†Araucaria marylandica Berry 1916
†Araucaria megastrobilii Sharma and Bohra 1977
†Araucaria nathorsti Dusen 1899
†Araucaria obtusifolia Fontaine 1889
†Araucaria planus Hill 1990
†Araucaria podocarpoides Fontaine 1889
†Araucaria prominens Hill 1990
†Araucaria readiae Hill and Bigwood 1987
†Araucaria spatulata Newberry 1868
†Araucaria taeriensis Pole 1995
†Araucaria uncinatus Hill 1990
†Araucaria zamioides Fontaine 1889
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
No ecological data are available
Age range: base of the Bathonian to the top of the Pleistocene or 168.30000 to 0.01170 Ma
Collections (109 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jurassic | India (Jharkhand) | A. megastrobilii (229182) | |
| Middle Jurassic | Argentina (Chubut) | A. sp. 1 (29373) | |
| Middle Jurassic - Late/Upper Jurassic | Argentina (Santa Cruz) | A. sp. 1 (29371) | |
| Bathonian - Callovian | Argentina (Santa Cruz) | A. mirabilis (200039) | |
| Late/Upper Jurassic | India | A. sp. 1, A. sp. 2, A. sp. 3 (30129) | |
| Late/Upper Jurassic | India (Rajasthan) | A. sp. 1 (30133) | |
| Late/Upper Jurassic - Early/Lower Cretaceous | India (Telangana) | A. sp. 1, A. sp. 2 (30126) | |
| Middle Oxfordian | France | A. moreauana (24421) | |
| Kimmeridgian | USA (Wyoming) | A. sp. (46465) | |
| Kimmeridgian - Tithonian | USA (Wyoming) | A. sp. (58507) | |
| Berriasian - Late/Upper Valanginian | South Africa (Eastern Cape) | A. rogersii (11153 38301 38312) | |
| Berriasian - Late/Upper Valanginian | South Africa | A. rogersii (38317) | |
| Early/Lower Cretaceous | USA (Georgia) | A. bladenensis, A. jeffreyi (212692) | |
| Late/Upper Valanginian | South Africa (Eastern Cape) | A. rogersii (33130) | |
| Aptian | Argentina (Santa Cruz) | A. grandifolia (151296) | |
| Aptian - Albian | South Africa (Kwazulu-Natal) | A. mkuziensis (20709 20711) | |
| Albian | Argentina (Santa Cruz) | A. grandifolia (152638) | |
| Late/Upper Albian | Mexico (Puebla) | A. sp. (80283) | |
| Late/Upper Cretaceous - Eocene | New Zealand (Canterbury) | A. taeriensis (170135 170878) | |
| Early/Lower Cenomanian | Australia (New South Wales) | A. sp. (38543) | |
| Late/Upper Cenomanian - Early/Lower Turonian | Australia (Queensland) | A. sp. (21113 21115) | |
| Campanian | South Africa (Northern Cape) | A. sp. (55737) | |
| Campanian | USA (South Carolina) | A. bladensensis (212238) A. darlingtonensis (212235) A. jeffreyi (210094) | |
| Early/Lower Campanian | USA (Utah) | A. sp. (230912) | |
| Late/Upper Campanian - Early/Lower Maastrichtian | Argentina (Mendoza) | A. mirabilis (168549) | |
| Late/Upper Campanian - Early/Lower Maastrichtian | USA (Georgia) | A. bladenensis (212693) | |
| Late/Upper Campanian - Maastrichtian | Antarctica | A. sp. (150274) | |
| Maastrichtian | Antarctica | A. antarctica (150986 150992) | |
| Early/Lower Maastrichtian | USA (Georgia) | A. jeffreyi (212694) | |
| Late/Upper Maastrichtian | Argentina (Chubut) | A. lefipanensis (197638) | |
| Early/Lower Paleocene | USA (Montana) | A. longifolia (53692) | |
| Paleocene | USA (Montana) | A. longifolia (55853) | |
| Paleocene | USA (Wyoming) | A. longifolia (57963 57990) | |
| Ypresian | Argentina (Chubut) | A. TY013 (133043 133056 133061) A. pichileufensis, A. TY0013 (133047) A. pichileufensis, A. TY013 (133054 133063) | |
| Early/Lower Eocene | Australia (Tasmania) | A. sp. (166741) A. sp. A (167653) A. sp. A, A. readiae (166977) A. sp. B (167670) | |
| Early/Lower Eocene - Late/Upper Miocene | Argentina | A. pichileufensis (32201) | |
| Middle Eocene | Argentina (Tierra del Fuego) | A. sp. (169358) | |
| Middle Eocene - Late/Upper Eocene | Australia (Tasmania) | Araucarioides annulata, A. hastiensis, A. annulata (166978) | |
| Early/Lower Oligocene | Australia (Tasmania) | A. fimbriatus (166705) A. sp. 1 (166832) | |
| Early/Lower Oligocene - Early/Lower Miocene | Australia (Victoria) | A. sp., A. lignitici (169006 169007 169237) | |
| Early/Lower Oligocene - Late/Upper Miocene | Argentina (Rio Negro Territory) | A. nathorsti (31540) | |
| Late/Upper Oligocene | Australia (Tasmania) | A. fimbriatus (167317) | |
| Late/Upper Oligocene - Early/Lower Miocene | Australia (Tasmania) | A. planus, A. prominens, A. uncinatus (167314) | |
| Late/Upper Oligocene - Early/Lower Miocene | Argentina (Rio Negro) | A. nathorsti (137127) | |
| Late/Upper Oligocene - Miocene | Australia (Victoria) | A. lignitici (167351) | |
| Early/Lower Miocene | Australia (Victoria) | A. balcombensis (169044) | |
| Early/Lower Miocene - Late/Upper Miocene | Chile | A. araucoensis (32460 32464) | |
| Santacrucian | Argentina (Santa Cruz) | A. marensii (176577) | |
| Middle Miocene | Australia (Victoria) | A. balcombensis (71242) | |
| Early/Lower Pleistocene | Australia (Victoria) | Araucaria indet. (172830 172832 172833 172837 172867 172868 172870 172871 172873 172874 172875 172876 172877 172878 172879 172880 172881 172882 172883 172884) | |
| Pleistocene | Australia (Queensland) | A. sp. (168819 168822 168888 168889 168890 168891 168892 168893 168904 168918 168924) | |
| Middle Pleistocene - Holocene | Australia (Queensland) | A. sp. (168896) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene | Australia (Queensland) | Araucaria indet. (168747) A. sp. (168749 168750 168751 168752 168753 168755) |