Araucaria cunninghamii is a species of Araucariaknown as Moreton Bay Pine, or Hoop Pine. Other less commonly used names include Colonial Pine, Richmond River Pine, Queensland Pine, Alloa, Ningwik, or Pien, the wood is sometimes called Arakaria). The scientific name honours the botanistand explorerAllan Cunningham, who collected the first specimens in the 1820's.