Araucaria laubenfelsii

Araucaria laubenfelsii (De Laubenfels' Araucaria) is a species of conifer in the family Araucariaceae. It is found only on Grande Terre, the main island of New Caledonia, mainly on the southern mountains Mont Mou, Mont des Sources, Mont Dzumac and Mont Dou, though smaller populations also exist on Mont Kaala and Mont Canala in the north. It is one of the larger of New Caledonia's native araucaria species, sometimes reaching up to 50 meters in height in emergent rainforest specimens, and potentially living for as long as 500 years or more. As with other New Caledonian Araucaria species, Araucaria laubenfelsii is threatened by habitat loss, though southern populations at least are considered to be healthy and it is not currently considered vulnerable or endangered.[2][3] A population genetic study[4] suggested that A. laubenfelsii is doubtfully distinct from the more widespread A. montana.

Araucaria laubenfelsii
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Division: Pinophyta
Class: Pinopsida
Order: Pinales
Family: Araucariaceae
Genus: Araucaria
Section: A. sect. Eutacta
Species:
A. laubenfelsii
Binomial name
Araucaria laubenfelsii
Corbasson

References
  1. Thomas, P. (2010). "Araucaria laubenfelsii". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2010: e.T30984A9587468. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-3.RLTS.T30984A9587468.en.
  2. Conifer Specialist Group 1998. Araucaria laubenfelsii. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Archived June 27, 2014, at the Wayback Machine Downloaded on 11 May 2016.
  3. Araucaria laubenfelsii, The Gymnosperm Database
  4. Gaudeul, M., Gardner, M. F., Thomas, P., Ennos, R. A., & Hollingsworth, P. M. (2014). Evolutionary dynamics of emblematic Araucaria species (Araucariaceae) in New Caledonia: nuclear and chloroplast markers suggest recent diversification, introgression, and a tight link between genetics and geography within species. BMC Evolutionary Biology, 14(1), 171. https://bmcevolbiol.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12862-014-0171-6


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