Araucaria araucana

– Vulnerable

Taxonomy

Kingdom:

PLANTAE

Phylum:

TRACHEOPHYTA

Class:

CONIFEROPSIDA

Order:

CONIFERALES

Family:

ARAUCARIACEAE

Scientific Name:

Araucaria araucana

Species Authority:

(Mol.) K. Koch

Common Name/s:

English	—	MONKEY PUZZLE
Spanish	—	ARAUCARIA, PINO ARAUCANA, PINO CHILENO, PIÑONERO

Assessment Information

Red List Category & Criteria:

VU B1+2c ver 2.3 (1994)

Year Assessed:

2000

Assessor/s:

Conifer Specialist Group

History:

1997	-	Vulnerable (Walter and Gillett 1998)
1998	-	Vulnerable (Oldfield et al. 1998)

Geographic Range

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

Population

Population:

The populations on the coast are restricted and highly threatened. Andean populations are severely fragmented. Chile holds the largest populations.

Habitat and Ecology

System:

Terrestrial

Threats

Threats:

Most of the Chilean populations are being illegally felled in and outside national park boundaries.

List of Threats:

1.3.3.2	Habitat Loss/Degradation - Extraction - Wood - Selective logging (ongoing)
1.3.3.3	Habitat Loss/Degradation - Extraction - Wood - Clear-cutting (ongoing)
1.7	Habitat Loss/Degradation - Fires (ongoing)

Conservation Actions

Conservation Actions:

The Chilean and Argentinian populations are listed in CITES Appendix I.

Bibliography

Bibliography:

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. (compiler). 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 2007. 2007 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 07 September 2008.
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