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Araucariaceae Henkel & W.Hochst.

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Araucariaceae Henkel & W.Hochst.
Araucariaceae Henkel & W.Hochst.

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Henkel & W.Hochst.
Henkel & W.Hochst.
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Araucariaceae Henkel & W.Hochst.
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Araucariaceae

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Araucariaceae

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Araucariaceae Henkel & W.Hochst.

Plants mostly dioec. Male strobili with ∞ sporophylls. Female cones woody, terminal on short branchlets. Carpidia ∞, spirally arranged; cots 2 or 4. Trees of Southern Hemisphere.

Araucariaceae Henkel & W.Hochst.

Evergreen, resinous trees, mostly monoecious, sometimes dioecious. Buds lacking scales, but protected by lvs. Lvs generally broad and flattened, sometimes narrow or subulate, spirally arranged; veins parallel. ♂ strobili (cones) axillary or terminal, cylindric; stamens (microsporophylls) numerous, spirally arranged; filaments expanded; anthers (microsporangia) many to each stamen, borne on lower surface. ♀ cones (strobili) terminal, globular to broad-ovoid; bracts 0; ovuliferous scales (megasporophylls) spirally arranged, imbricate, with a single ovule on the upper surface. Fr. woody and sometimes massive, disintegrating when mature. Seed winged or not; cotyledons 2 or 4.

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Araucariaceae Henkel & W.Hochst.
Araucariaceae
Araucariaceae Henkel & W.Hochst.
Araucariaceae
Araucariaceae Henkel & W.Hochst.
Araucariaceae Henkel & W.Hochst.
Araucariaceae Henkel & W.Hochst.
Araucariaceae Henkel & W.Hochst.
Araucariaceae

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1 January 2000
11 July 2011
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