Araucaria araucana
Taxonomy [top]
| Kingdom | Phylum | Class | Order | Family |
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| PLANTAE | TRACHEOPHYTA | CONIFEROPSIDA | CONIFERALES | ARAUCARIACEAE |
| Scientific Name: | Araucaria araucana | ||||||
| Species Authority: | (Mol.) K. Koch | ||||||
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Assessment Information [top]
| Red List Category & Criteria: | Vulnerable B1+2c ver 2.3 | ||||||
| Year Published: | 2000 | ||||||
| Assessor/s: | Conifer Specialist Group | ||||||
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Geographic Range [top]
| Range Description: | Known widely as the Monkey Puzzle tree, this species ranges from the Coastal Cordillera of Chile to the Andes in Argentina. |
| Countries: |
Native:
Argentina (Neuquén); Chile
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Population [top]
| Population: | The populations on the coast are restricted and highly threatened. Andean populations are severely fragmented. Chile holds the largest populations. |
Habitat and Ecology [top]
| Systems: | Terrestrial |
Threats [top]
| Major Threat(s): | Most of the Chilean populations are being illegally felled in and outside national park boundaries. |
Conservation Actions [top]
| Conservation Actions: | The Chilean and Argentinian populations are listed in CITES Appendix I. |
Bibliography [top]
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Benoit, C. and Ivan, L. (eds) 1989. Libro Rojo de la Flora Terrestre de Chile. Impresora Creces Ltd, Santiago. Chebez, Juan Carlos. 1994. Los que se van. Buenos Aires, Argentina: Albatros. Global Tree Specialist Group. For more information, see the Specialist Group website González Cangas, Mauro. 1996. Completed data collection forms for tree species of Chile. Hilton-Taylor, C. 2000. 2000 IUCN red list of threatened species. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, UK. Hilton-Taylor, C. 2000. 2000 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, UK. Oldfield, S., Lusty, C. and MacKinven, A. (compilers). 1998. The World List of Threatened Trees. World Conservation Press, Cambridge, UK. The Nature Conservancy. 1996. Natural Heritage Central Database. (Status and distribution data on Latin American plants, developed in collaboration with Latin American Conservation Data Centers and Missouri Botanical Garden). |
| Citation: | Conifer Specialist Group 2000. Araucaria araucana. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 25 May 2012. |
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