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Coast Araucaria

Araucaria luxurians

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About Coast Araucaria

Coast Araucaria (Araucaria luxurians) is a post-contact introduced tree documented on Kauaʻi through cultivation records. Kew accepts Araucaria luxurians as a New Caledonian tree of the wet tropical biome. It is usually associated with rocky coastal sites and inland rocky ravines from near sea level to about 300 m, with exceptional montane records to roughly 1,000 m, and is restricted to serpentine substrates in open maquis vegetation rather than closed forest. 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 luxurians
Common names
Coast Araucaria
Other names
Araucaria luxurians · Coast Araucaria · Eutassa luxurians · Araucaria cookii var. luxurians · Araucaria columnaris f. luxurians · Araucaria rulei var. patens
Record type
Species

Kauaʻi occurrence and status

Kauaʻi occurrence
Recorded on Kauaʻi
Origin
Introduced
Conservation status
Not yet assessed
Evidence date
2026-10-06
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
Coast Araucaria (Araucaria luxurians) is a post-contact introduced tree documented on Kauaʻi through cultivation records. Kew accepts Araucaria luxurians as a New Caledonian tree of the wet tropical biome. It is usually associated with rocky coastal sites and inland rocky ravines from near sea level to about 300 m, with exceptional montane records to roughly 1,000 m, and is restricted to serpentine substrates in open maquis vegetation rather than closed forest. The Kauaʻi evidence is limited to a cultivated 2018 institutional living-collection record and does not establish naturalization.

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