Araucaria muelleri (Carrière) Brongn. & Gris

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Araucaria muelleri is a species of conifer in the family Araucariaceae. It is a medium size tree, 10–25 meters in height, with larger leaves than most other New Caledonian Araucarias. It is found only in New Caledonia, in several sites in the far south of Grande Terre, the main island.

HABIT

A monoecious tree up to 20m tall, with a d.b.h. up to 0.8m at maturity. Pyramidal when young and developing a very distinct open, candelabriform crown as it matures. The thick bark is light grey or reddish-grey, often almost white, peeling in horizontal plates.

FOLIAGE

Adult leaves lanceolate to ovate with an obtuse apex, 2–3 x 1–2cm.

CONES

Male pollen-cones terminal, up to 25cm long, mature early July (variant with lustrous leaves), or in September to December (typical form). Female seed-cones terminal on very short branches, mature cones broadly ovoid, up to 15cm long; bracts with prominent long tips. Young female cones appear in October, mature cones appear in March.

KEY CHARACTERS

A. muelleri has the largest adult leaves of any New Caledonian Araucaria species (up to 35mm in length). The stomata on the underside of adult leaves are numerous and scattered along the length. The almost white bark, the trunk with lax, long, horizontally spreading primary branches always in whorls of 4, and the candelabra-shaped crown also distinguish this species. In certain parts of its range (e.g. Goro Plateau and Mamie) a variant occurs that only has a few stomata at the base of the adult leaves so that it resembles a very large leafed A. rulei.

Araucaria muelleri | Threatened Conifers of the World (en-GB) (rbge.org.uk)

 

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