Araucaria cunninghamii is a species of conifer in the family Araucariaceae, known as hoop pine. Other less commonly used names include colonial pine, Queensland pine, Dorrigo pine, Moreton Bay pine and Richmond River pine. The scientific name honours the botanist and explorer Allan Cunningham, who collected the first specimens in the 1820s. It is the earliest-diverging extant lineage within the genus Araucaria, and the only species within section Eutacta native to continental mainland areas; all other species in the section are naturally confined to islands.
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Is it poisonous?
We have no record of Hoop pine being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.
Easily confused with
- Araucaria bidwillii
- Callitris macleayana
- Araucaria heterophylla
- Araucaria columnaris
- Cryptomeria japonica
- Taiwania cryptomerioides
Classification
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Pinopsida
- Order
- Pinales
- Family
- Araucariaceae
- Genus
- Araucaria
- Species
- Araucaria cunninghamii
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