''Araucaria muelleri'' is a species of

conifer Conifers are a group of conifer cone, cone-bearing Spermatophyte, seed plants, a subset of gymnosperms. Scientifically, they make up the phylum, division Pinophyta (), also known as Coniferophyta () or Coniferae. The division contains a single ...

in the family

Araucariaceae Araucariaceae – also known as araucarians – is an extremely ancient family of coniferous trees. The family achieved its maximum diversity during the Jurassic and Cretaceous periods and the early Cenozoic, when it was distributed almost worldw ...

. 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

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, in several sites in the far south of Grande Terre, the main island.

Conservation

The species is threatened by

habitat loss Habitat destruction (also termed habitat loss and habitat reduction) is the process by which a natural habitat becomes incapable of supporting its native species. The organisms that previously inhabited the site are displaced or dead, thereby ...

, with both forest fires and nickel mining activities posing ongoing threats to the remaining populations, although some stands of trees are located within protected national park areas.Araucaria muelleri The Gymnosperm Database
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References

muelleri Conservation dependent plants Endemic flora of New Caledonia Taxonomy articles created by Polbot Taxa named by Adolphe-Théodore Brongniart Taxa named by Jean Antoine Arthur Gris Taxa named by Élie-Abel Carrière {{conifer-stub