Araucariaceae Henkel & W.Hochst. 1865

nomenclatorial act: 
subsequent publication
Page: 
135
diagnosis: 

Plants: Dioecious or monoecious. Ovulate cones: Compound; cone bracts almost completely fused with scale, large and woody; ovuliferous scale highly reduced, flattened; ovule usually single, large, inverted, free or fused to ovuliferous scale/bract complex. Pollen cones: Very large, sporangiophores numerous; sporangia 4-20, initiated in two rows, pollen-tube fertilisation, pollen without air-bladders. Leaves: Scale-like or laminar, with parallel venation originating from basal dichotomies.

systematic position: 
Pinopsida, Pinales

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