- Aextoxicon
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Aextoxicon Conservation status Scientific classification Kingdom: Plantae (unranked): Angiosperms (unranked): Eudicots (unranked): Core eudicots Order: Berberidopsidales Family: Aextoxicaceae
Engl. & Gilg.Genus: Aextoxicon
Ruiz & Pav.Species: A. punctatum Binomial name Aextoxicon punctatum
Ruiz & Pav.Aextoxicon punctatum, the sole species of genus Aextoxicon and family Aextoxicaceae, is a tree native to southern Chile and Argentina.
Commonly known as the olivillo or aceitunillo, it is a large evergreen tree endemic to the forests of the Valdivian temperate rain forests and Magellanic subpolar forests of southern Chile's Pacific coast, where it forms is a canopy tree in the broadleaf forests. It can reach 15 m tall
The APG system (1998) and the APG II system (2003) left the family Aextoxicaceae unplaced in the core eudicots. The genus was formerly often included in the family Euphorbiaceae.
External links
- Aextoxicon punctatum in Encyclopedia of the Chilean Flora
- Aextoxicon punctatum in Chilebosque
- Aextoxicon punctatum in Chileflora
- Aextoxicaceae in L. Watson and M.J. Dallwitz (1992 onwards). The families of flowering plants
- Hansen & Rahn: Aextoxicaceae
- NCBI Taxonomy Browser: Aextoxicaceae
- CSDL: Aextoxicaceae
Categories:- IUCN Red List data deficient species
- Eudicot genera
- Flora of Chile
- Flora of Argentina
- Core eudicots
- Trees of South America
- Trees of subpolar oceanic climate
- Monotypic plant genera
- Data deficient plants
- Tree stubs
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