Araucariaceae

Araucariaceae; Temporal range: (possible Late Triassic records)
	Araucaria angustifolia at Minas Gerais
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Gymnospermae
Division:	Pinophyta
Class:	Pinopsida
Order:	Araucariales
Family:	Araucariaceae; Henkel & W. Hochstetter
Type genus
	Araucaria; Juss.
Genera
	Agathis; Araucaria; Wollemia; †Agathoxylon (wood, in part); †Araucarioides (leaves, ovulate cone); †Araucarites (ovulate cone); †Brachyphyllum (foliage, in part); †Emwadea (ovulate cone); †Pagiophyllum (foliage, in part); †Wairarapaia (ovulate cone); †Dilwynites (pollen);

Araucariaceae – also known as araucarians – is a family of coniferous trees, with three living genera, Araucaria, Agathis, and Wollemia. While the family was distributed globally during the Jurassic and Cretaceous periods, in their native distribution they are now largely confined to the Southern Hemisphere, except for a few species of Agathis in Southeast Asia.

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