Araucaria columnaris
(J.R.Forst.) Hook. · speciesAt a glance
Sources14 archives
Databases and archives Araucaria columnaris's data was compiled from.
WikipediaWikimedia Foundation13 languages↗
BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗
GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility2 757 records↗
ENAEuropean Nucleotide Archive · EMBL-EBI12 eDNA detections↗
BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics14 specimens↗
NCBIUS National Library of Medicinesequences↗
LOTUSNatural Products (Wikidata)compounds↗
GRIN TaxonomyUSDA-ARSdistribution & uses↗
Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗
CCDBChromosome Counts DB · Tel Aviv U.genome & karyotype↗
GoaTGenomes on a Tree · Sangergenome & karyotype↗
PloiDBPloidy Databasegenome & karyotype
WikidataWikimedia Foundationstructured facts↗
GLoBIGlobal Biotic Interactionsbiotic interactions↗Every layer below draws on the sources above — open one to explore it, or use ← → to move between tabs.
Araucaria columnaris, the coral reef araucaria, Cook pine (or Cook's pine), New Caledonia pine, Cook araucaria, or columnar araucaria, is a species of conifer in the family Araucariaceae.
No narrative description available for this taxon yet.
Size & morphology11
Life cycle & reproduction7
Diet & foraging1
Habitat & environment11
Physiology & chemistry7
Other traits1
Compounds documented for Araucaria columnaris across natural-product and food-composition databases — not just the ~150 nutrients on a classic label ("nutritional dark matter").
Compound class profile5 classes
Documented compounds21 total
| Compound | Class | Amount | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| (-)-Caryophyllene | present | LOTUS | |
| (1R,2S,7S,8S)-1,3-dimethyl-8-propan-2-yltricyclo(4.4.0.02,7)dec-3-ene | present | LOTUS | |
| (1R,4aR,5S,8aS)-5-[(3R)-3-hydroxy-3-methylpent-4-enyl]-1,4a-dimethyl-6-methylidene-3,4,5,7,8,8a-hexahydro-2H-naphthalen-1-ol | present | LOTUS | |
| (1S,4aR,5S,8aS)-5-[(3R)-3-hydroxy-3-methylpent-4-enyl]-1,4a-dimethyl-6-methylidene-3,4,5,7,8,8a-hexahydro-2H-naphthalen-1-ol | present | LOTUS | |
| (1S,4aR,5S,8aS)-5-[(3R)-3-hydroxy-3-methylpent-4-enyl]-1,4a-dimethyl-6-methylidene-3,4,5,7,8,8a-hexahydro-2H-naphthalene-1-carbaldehyde | present | LOTUS | |
| (1S,4aR,8aS)-5-[(3S)-3-hydroxy-3-methylpent-4-enyl]-1,4a,6-trimethyl-2,3,4,7,8,8a-hexahydronaphthalene-1-carbaldehyde | present | LOTUS | |
| (1S,4aS,8aR)-5-[(E)-5-hydroxy-3-methylpent-3-enyl]-1,4a,6-trimethyl-2,3,4,7,8,8a-hexahydronaphthalene-1-carbaldehyde | present | LOTUS | |
| (3S)-5-[(4aR,5R,8aR)-5-[(1S)-1-hydroxyethyl]-2,8a-dimethyl-4,4a,5,6,7,8-hexahydro-3H-naphthalen-1-yl]-3-methylpent-1-en-3-ol | present | LOTUS | |
| (4aS,8R,8aS)-4,4,8a-trimethyl-7-methylidene-8-(3-methylidenepent-4-enyl)-2,3,4a,5,6,8-hexahydro-1H-naphthalene | present | LOTUS | |
| (4S,9S,10S,13R)-5,5,9-trimethyl-14-methylidenetetracyclo[11.2.1.01,10.04,9]hexadecane | present | LOTUS |
A DNA barcode is a short, standardised stretch of genes that works like a fingerprint — enough to tell one species from another. Below is the molecular trace Araucaria columnaris has left across the world's sequence archives.
At a glance
★ the standard DNA barcode for this group — the short region actually read to tell this species apart. The rest are extra genes sequenced along the way.
The complete instruction manual Araucaria columnaris carries — its genome. We read it from three angles — how big it is, how the DNA is packed into chromosomes, and how completely it has been sequenced — and explain how to read each value as you go.
Genome sizehow big the whole instruction manual is
Measured in base pairs (bp) — the individual letters of DNA (human ≈ 3.2 Gb, a bacterium a few million). The chart places this genome on a logarithmic scale — each step to the right is ten times bigger — among reference organisms. Across species a bigger genome loosely tracks with larger cells, slower growth and lower-energy lifestyles (powered flight favours small genomes) — yet it does not imply more genes or a more advanced organism (the long-standing C-value paradox).
Chromosomes & ploidyhow the DNA is packaged
2n is the full chromosome count in a normal body cell; n is a gamete (egg or sperm), which carries half. Ploidy is how many complete chromosome sets each cell holds — 2× (diploid) is typical for animals, while higher levels (polyploidy) are common in plants. Click any value below to see the underlying records and sources.
2n 263×GoaT · Kew Plant DNA C-values Database · CCDB · ipcn-api-dl
diploid1×GoaT · Kew Plant DNA C-values Database
diploid inferred1×PloiDB · genus-scale
How far back this lineage goes — and how we know. Everything here is measured in Ma, short for “mega-annum”: millions of years ago. The chart reads left to right like a calendar of the Earth, from the deep past on the left to today at the right edgetop to bottom like a core drilled through the Earth, from the deep past at the top down to today at the bottom.
At a glance
When this lineage existed
How to read this: the coloured strip along the bottomdown the left is the geological calendar — the standard epochs (Pliocene, Pleistocene…) every museum uses, shown so you can see which chapter of Earth's history this lineage lived in. This lineage is a young one, so the strip is zoomed in to epochs — the finer subdivisions inside a period. The orange marker is the DNA clock: DNA accumulates mutations at a roughly steady rate, so comparing this species' DNA with its relatives estimates when the lineage split off — independently of any fossil.
Record type2 757 records
Origin
Range
Wildobservation + sensor
Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.
Museum / Voucheredphysical evidence
Backed by a physical specimen — a herbarium sheet, sample or voucher held in a collection. “Vouchered” means supported by material evidence, not just an observation.
Cultivated / Captivenot free-living
A living individual in a botanical garden, zoo or nursery — cultivated or kept, not free-living.
Wildobservation + sensor
Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.
Holding institutions35 of 63 geolocated
Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.
| Institution | Specimens |
|---|---|
| Université de Strasbourglocation not on record | 268 |
| Paris, FR | 58 |
| Auckland, NZ | 22 |
| Honolulu, US | 15 |
| Christchurch, NZ | 15 |
| Edinburgh, GB | 15 |
| BISHlocation not on record | 14 |
| Santa Barbara, US | 14 |
| Rotorua, NZ | 9 |
| Kew, GB | 8 |
| Bronx, US | 6 |
| Miami, US | 5 |
| Universidad de Caldas (UCaldas)location not on record | 5 |
| Zürich, CH | 5 |
| Government College University Lahore, Dr. Sultan Ahmad Herbariumlocation not on record | 4 |
| HAWlocation not on record | 4 |
| MAlocation not on record | 4 |
| University of Stellenboschlocation not on record | 3 |
| Florida Museum of Natural History- Zoology, Paleontology & Paleobotanylocation not on record | 3 |
| Durban, ZA | 3 |
| US | 2 |
| TAFORI-LSRClocation not on record | 2 |
| Corporación Autónoma Regional Para la Defensa de la Meseta de Bucaramanga (CDMB)location not on record | 2 |
| Londrina, BR | 2 |
| Baroda, IN | 2 |
| Moscow State Universitylocation not on record | 2 |
| Barcelona, ES | 2 |
| San Diego, US | 2 |
| Valparaiso, CL | 2 |
| Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Nortelocation not on record | 2 |
| Saint Louis, US | 2 |
| Campo Mourão, BR | 1 |
| Natural History Museum, Tribhuvan Universitylocation not on record | 1 |
| Porto Alegre, BR | 1 |
| UFPRlocation not on record | 1 |
| Western Carolina Universitylocation not on record | 1 |
| Canadian Department of Agriculturelocation not on record | 1 |
| San Jose State University, Museum of Birds and Mammalslocation not on record | 1 |
| Ojo, NG | 1 |
| Universidade Federal de Sergipe (UFS)location not on record | 1 |
| Bern, CH | 1 |
| CPATSAlocation not on record | 1 |
| CJBGlocation not on record | 1 |
| Philadelphia, US | 1 |
| South Kensington, GB | 1 |
| Museo naturalistico del Frignano Ferruccio Minghellilocation not on record | 1 |
| UNIVILLElocation not on record | 1 |
| UTFPR-CPlocation not on record | 1 |
| Bloomington, US | 1 |
| Masindi, UG | 1 |
| Austin, US | 1 |
| Guatemala City, GT | 1 |
| Entomological Society of Latvialocation not on record | 1 |
| Brasília, BR | 1 |
| UFMGlocation not on record | 1 |
| Universidad de La Salle (La Salle)location not on record | 1 |
| Gump Stationlocation not on record | 1 |
| Beijing, CN | 1 |
| Alexandria Universitylocation not on record | 1 |
| Lake Charles, US | 1 |
| Odawara, JP | 1 |
| Vancouver, CA | 1 |
| Portland, US | 1 |
Cultivated / Captivenot free-living
A living individual in a botanical garden, zoo or nursery — cultivated or kept, not free-living.
Where the DNA of Araucaria columnaris was picked up in samples of water, soil or air — nobody saw the organism, only its DNA left behind. A trace is a clue that the species was near, not a confirmed sighting.
Signal
Where its DNA was found
How strong is each trace?
Modelled climatemodelled
How to read this: each dot is one detection of this species' DNA in an environmental sample. The confidence meter weighs how many independent studies and places back up the signal — one detection in one study is a hint; many across several studies is solid. Records dated before 2008 (when eDNA methods began) are treated as likely mislabeled and left off the map.