Kauaʻi record · kba_plant_araucaria_hunsteinii
Klinki Pine
Araucaria hunsteinii
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About Klinki Pine
Klinki Pine (Araucaria hunsteinii) is a post-contact introduced tree documented on Kauaʻi through cultivation records. Kew accepts Araucaria hunsteinii as a Papua New Guinea tree of the wet tropical biome. It is a lower- to high-montane forest emergent, recorded from roughly 550 to 2,100 m, often forming groves above an angiosperm canopy. Ecological studies describe it as a light-demanding gap regenerator. The Kauaʻi evidence is limited to a cultivated 2018 institutional living-collection record and does not establish naturalization.
Kauaʻi evidence
Taxonomic identity, tree form, diagnostic morphology and island occurrence use the linked reviewed sources. Historical planting, cultivation, naturalization and invasive status are separate. Generated imagery is not occurrence evidence.
Names and classification
- Scientific name
- Araucaria hunsteinii
- Common names
- Klinki Pine
- Other names
- Araucaria hunsteinii · Klinki Pine · Araucaria klinkii · Araucaria schumanniana · Araucaria hunsteinii subsp. klinkii · Araucaria hunsteinii var. klinkii · Titanodendron hunsteinii · Titanodendron klinkii · Titanodendron schumanniana
- Record type
- Species
Kauaʻi occurrence and status
- Kauaʻi occurrence
- Recorded on Kauaʻi
- Origin
- Introduced
- Conservation status
- Not yet assessed
- Evidence date
- 2026-10-05
- Evidence limits
- Current extent is unassessed; public locality is island level only.
Habitat and ecology
- Habitats
- Not yet assessed
- Food and resource needs
- Not yet assessed
- Reproduction
- Not yet assessed
- Shelter
- Not yet assessed
- Growth form
- Woody conifer tree
Threats and conservation
- Monitoring
- Not yet assessed
- Data gaps
- Current population extent and trajectory · Additional species-specific ecological and conservation sources
Process and seasonal context
- Seasonal timing
- Not yet assessed
- Seasonal description
- Klinki Pine (Araucaria hunsteinii) is a post-contact introduced tree documented on Kauaʻi through cultivation records. Kew accepts Araucaria hunsteinii as a Papua New Guinea tree of the wet tropical biome. It is a lower- to high-montane forest emergent, recorded from roughly 550 to 2,100 m, often forming groves above an angiosperm canopy. Ecological studies describe it as a light-demanding gap regenerator. The Kauaʻi evidence is limited to a cultivated 2018 institutional living-collection record and does not establish naturalization.
Sources and further reading
- https://ntbg.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/2018_NTBG_Living_Collections_Catalog.pdf
- https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:261697-1
- https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:261697-1/general-information
- https://threatenedconifers.rbge.org.uk/conifers/araucaria-hunsteinii
- https://www.conifers.org/ar/Araucaria_hunsteinii.php