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Araucaria columnaris (J. R. Forst.) Hook.

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Araucaria columnaris (J. R. Forst.) Hook.
Araucaria columnaris (J. R. Forst.) Hook.
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🗒 Synonyms
synonymAraucaria cookii R. Br. ex Endl.
synonymAraucaria excelsa (Lamb.) R. Br.
synonymAraucaria intermedia R. Br. ex Vieill.
synonymAraucaria lavoixii Silba
synonymColumbea excelsa (Lamb.) Spreng.
synonymCupressus columnaris J. R. Forst.
synonymDombeya excelsa Lamb.
synonymEutacta cookii (R. Br. ex Endl.) Carrière
synonymEutacta cookii var. gracilis Carrière
synonymEutacta excelsa (Lamb.) Link
synonymEutacta humilis Carrière
synonymEutacta minor Carrière
synonymEutassa columnaris (J. R. Forst.) de Laub.
🗒 Common Names
English
  • Christmas Tree
  • Columnar Araucaria
  • Cook’s Araucaria
  • Cook's Pine
  • New Caledonia pine
Other
  • Christmas Tree
📚 Overview
Overview
Summary
Brief
An introduced evergreen tree, native to New Caledonia
Compiled from secondary sources listed in references by Poornima Viswanathan for the Assam Biodiversity Portal project.
Attributions Compiled from secondary sources listed in references by Poornima Viswanathan for the Assam Biodiversity Portal project.
Contributors 
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Status UNDER_CREATION
Licenses CC_BY
References 
    Diagnostic Keys
    No Data
    📚 Natural History
    Morphology
    "A narrowly conical tree to 60 m. tall. Trunk clear, then later with numerous short shoots. Bark gray, papery, exfoliating in thin strips. Branchlets cord-like, growing in one plane, 9-10 mm. In diameter. Juvenile leaves needle-like, imbricate, lanceolate, 4-7 mm. long by 2-3 mm. wide, apex incurved. Adult leaves scale-like imbricate, triangular, acuminate, obtuse, midrib faint, 5-7 mm. long by 3-5 mm. wide, apex incurved. Male cone oblong-cylindrical, 5-10 cm. long by 15-22 mm. wide; scales triangular, finely teethed, pollen sacs 10; microsporophylls cuspidate. Female cone 10-15 cm. long by 7-11 cm. wide, with short bracts to 7 mm. long. Seeds 3-3.5 cm. long, nut ovate, wings broadly rounded. Germination epigeal" (Silba 1986)
    Compiled from secondary sources listed in references by Poornima Viswanathan for the Assam Biodiversity Portal project.
    Attributions Compiled from secondary sources listed in references by Poornima Viswanathan for the Assam Biodiversity Portal project.
    Contributors 
    Status UNDER_CREATION
    Licenses CC_BY
    References 
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      📚 Habitat and Distribution
      General Habitat
      Cultivated/ hilly areas, open places
      Dr. Chandra Barooah & Iftikher Ahmed (2014) Assam Science Technology and Environment Council.
      Attributions Dr. Chandra Barooah & Iftikher Ahmed (2014) Assam Science Technology and Environment Council.
      Contributors 
      Status UNDER_CREATION
      Licenses CC_BY
      References 
        Description
        Global Distribution

        India: Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Kolkata Uttar Pradesh; Queensland

        Local Distribution

        Assam

        Dr. Chandra Barooah & Iftikher Ahmed (2014) Assam Science Technology and Environment Council.
        Attributions Dr. Chandra Barooah & Iftikher Ahmed (2014) Assam Science Technology and Environment Council.
        Contributors 
        Status UNDER_CREATION
        Licenses CC_BY
        References 
          No Data
          📚 Occurrence
          No Data
          📚 Demography and Conservation
          Trends
          Stable
          Compiled from secondary sources listed in references by Poornima Viswanathan for the Assam Biodiversity Portal project.
          Attributions Compiled from secondary sources listed in references by Poornima Viswanathan for the Assam Biodiversity Portal project.
          Contributors 
          Status UNDER_CREATION
          Licenses CC_BY
          References 
            Conservation Status
            Red List Category & Criteria: Least Concern ver 3.1
            Compiled from secondary sources listed in references by Poornima Viswanathan for the Assam Biodiversity Portal project.
            Attributions Compiled from secondary sources listed in references by Poornima Viswanathan for the Assam Biodiversity Portal project.
            Contributors 
            Status UNDER_CREATION
            Licenses CC_BY
            References 
              No Data
              📚 Uses and Management
              No Data
              📚 Information Listing
              References
              1. Silba, J. 1986. An international census of the Coniferae.
              2. Thomas, P. 2010. Araucaria columnaris. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2010: e.T42196A10661112. http://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-2.RLTS.T42196A10661112.en. Downloaded on 04 May 2018.
              3. Phytologia
              4. memoir no. 8. Corvallis, OR: H.N. Moldenke and A.L. Moldenke.
              5. Plants of the World Online. http://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:261688-1 (Accessed on 04 May 2018)
              6. Flowers of India. https://www.flowersofindia.net/catalog/slides/Christmas%20Tree.html (Accessed on 04 May 2018)
              7. The Gymnosperm database. http://www.conifers.org/ar/Araucaria_columnaris.php (Accessed on 04 May 2018)
              8. JSTOR - Global Plants database. https://plants.jstor.org/compilation/araucaria.columnaris (Accessed on 04 May 2018)
              9. American Conifer Society. http://conifersociety.org/conifers/conifer/araucaria/columnaris/ (Accessed on 04 May 2018)
              10. Farjon, Aljos. 2017. A Handbook of the World's Conifers. Vols. I and II Leiden, Netherlands: Brill Academic Publishers. 1154p. ISBN 9004324518, 9789004324510
              Information Listing > References
              1. Silba, J. 1986. An international census of the Coniferae.
              2. Thomas, P. 2010. Araucaria columnaris. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2010: e.T42196A10661112. http://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-2.RLTS.T42196A10661112.en. Downloaded on 04 May 2018.
              3. Phytologia
              4. memoir no. 8. Corvallis, OR: H.N. Moldenke and A.L. Moldenke.
              5. Plants of the World Online. http://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:261688-1 (Accessed on 04 May 2018)
              6. Flowers of India. https://www.flowersofindia.net/catalog/slides/Christmas%20Tree.html (Accessed on 04 May 2018)
              7. The Gymnosperm database. http://www.conifers.org/ar/Araucaria_columnaris.php (Accessed on 04 May 2018)
              8. JSTOR - Global Plants database. https://plants.jstor.org/compilation/araucaria.columnaris (Accessed on 04 May 2018)
              9. American Conifer Society. http://conifersociety.org/conifers/conifer/araucaria/columnaris/ (Accessed on 04 May 2018)
              10. Farjon, Aljos. 2017. A Handbook of the World's Conifers. Vols. I and II Leiden, Netherlands: Brill Academic Publishers. 1154p. ISBN 9004324518, 9789004324510
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              📚 Meta data
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              🐾 Taxonomy
              RootRoot
              KingdomPlantae
              PhylumTracheophyta
              ClassPinopsida
              OrderPinales
              FamilyAraucariaceae
              GenusAraucaria
              SpeciesAraucaria columnaris (J. R. Forst.) Hook.
              📊 Temporal Distribution
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