The discovery was made near Strahan, Western Tasmania, and uncovered an array of plant life, including two newly identified conifer species: Podocarpus paralungatikensis and Araucaria timkarikensis.

and Araucaria moist forest. Having evolved prior to and in isolation from the Amazon, its ecosystems are unique and have a high degree of endemism (i.e., species found nowhere else on the planet). It ...

While azure lakes can be found in abundance during a visit, the region is best known for one feature in particular: the Araucaria araucana ... re far from the only species that calls the region ...

The wetter and colder climate of this period would also have caused the expansion of other Araucaria species in Australia and New Caledonia. The isolated Mantiqueira population, on the other hand, ...