Araucariaceae
Its total wood volume is calculated to be 516.7 m3 (18,250 cu ft),[4] making it the third-largest conifer after Sequoia and Sequoiadendron (both from the Cupressaceae subfamily Sequoioideae).[12] Araucaria Wollemia Agathis Molecular evidence supports Araucariaceae and Podocarpaceae having diverged from each other during the late Permian.By far the greatest diversity is in New Caledonia (18 species), with others in Australia, Argentina, New Zealand, Chile, southern Brazil, and Malesia.Skillful artisans in the Erzurum Province, Turkey, have used fossilized wood of Araucariaceae for centuries to manufacture jewelry and decorative items.Despite the fact that this semiprecious gemstone is classified as "stone", wood anatomy reveals it was fossilized pieces of trunks of Araucariacea.[14] Fossils widely believed to belong to Araucariaceae include the form genera Araucarites (various), Agathoxylon and Araucarioxylon (wood), Brachyphyllum (leaves), Araucariacites and Dilwynites (pollen), and Protodammara (cones).[15] The oldest records of the Wollemia-Agathis lineage from the Cretaceous, including Emwadea microcarpa from the Albian aged Winton Formation of Australia[16] and Wairarapaia mildenhallii from the Albian-Cenomanian of New Zealand.[19] Claimed records of Agathis from the Eocene of Canada based on chemical analysis of amber are questionable.
PreꞒAraucaria angustifoliaMinas GeraisScientific classificationPlantaeTracheophytesGymnospermaePinophytaPinopsidaAraucarialesType genusAraucariaAgathisWollemiaAgathoxylonAraucarioidesAraucaritesBrachyphyllumPagiophyllumfamilygeneraMalesiaJurassicCretaceousTāne MahutaAgathis australisdiameter at breast heightSequoiaSequoiadendronSequoioideaeresinouscorticesparallel venationmonoeciousdioeciouscatkinssporophyllsPinaceaeAraucaria bidwilliiAraucaria heterophyllaAgathis robustaWollemia nobilisPinalesdivisionJussieuAraucaria araucanaAraucaria bernieriAraucaria biramulataAraucaria columnarisAraucaria cunninghamiiAraucaria goroensisAraucaria humboldtensisAraucaria hunsteiniiAraucaria laubenfelsiiAraucaria luxuriansAraucaria montanaAraucaria muelleriAraucaria nemorosaAraucaria ruleiAraucaria schmidiiAraucaria scopulorumAraucaria subulataNew CaledoniaNorfolk IslandAustraliaNew GuineaArgentinaBrazilSalisburyAgathis atropurpureaQueenslandNorth IslandAgathis borneensisBorneoAgathis dammaraAgathis flavescensAgathis kinabaluensisAgathis labillardieriAgathis lanceolataAgathis lenticulaAgathis macrophyllaVanuatuSolomon IslandsAgathis microstachyaAgathis montanaAgathis mooreiAgathis orbiculaAgathis ovataAgathis silbaeNew ZealandIndonesiaMalaysiaPhilippinesphylogenycladistic analysisPodocarpaceaeSciadopityaceaeCupressaceaeCephalotaxaceaeTaxaceaePermianOltustoneform generaAraucarioxylonEarly JurassicMiddle JurassicAraucaria mirabilisAlbianWinton FormationCenomanianSalamanca FormationPaleoceneLefipán FormationPaleobotanyTe Matua NgahereBibcodeGlobal and Planetary ChangeWikispeciesfamiliesWikidataiNaturalistOpen Tree of LifePaleobiology DatabaseTropicos