- Nothofagus alessandri
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Nothofagus alessandri 
Conservation status Scientific classification Kingdom: Plantae (unranked): Angiosperms (unranked): Eudicots (unranked): Rosids Order: Fagales Family: Fagaceae Genus: Nothofagus Species: N. alessandri Binomial name Nothofagus alessandri
Esp.Nothofagus alessandri (Ruil) is a species of plant in the Fagaceae family. It is endemic to Chile. It is threatened by habitat loss. The species is protected within Los Ruiles National Reserve.
Description
It is a straight tree trunk and gray that can measure up to 30 m tall. Its leaves are of an ovate, ovate-cordate or lanceolate, with primary veins conspicuous and serrated edge. The flowers are unisexual and inconspicuous, greenish.
Distribution
The ruil grows between 37 º 05 and 37 º 50 'south latitude, in the provinces of Talca and Cauquenes, in an area of about 100 km, but in a total area in 1991 totaled over 3.5 km2 and According to studies, 1998, the species is scattered in 185 people who mostly have 1 or 2 ha and are surrounded by commercial plantations of Pinus radiata (an introduced species), and agricultural croplands and livestock for survival, hindering the expansion of its habitat. The only place where the species is protected by the state is the National Reserve Ruiles created for the express purpose of protecting it.
Source
- UICN. (2001). Categorías y Criterios de la Lista Roja de la UICN: Versión 3.1. Comisión de Supervivencia de Especies de la UICN. UICN, Gland, Suiza y Cambridge, Reino Unido. ii + 33 pp.
- González, M. 1998. Nothofagus alessandri. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 22 August 2007.
Australasia N. baumanniae • N. cunninghamii • N. discoidea • N. fusca • N. gunnii • N. menziesii • N. moorei • N. nuda • N. solandri • N. stylosa • N. truncata • N. womersleyiSouth America N. alessandri • N. alpina • N. antarctica • N. betuloides • N. dombeyi • N. glauca • N. nitida • N. obliqua • N. pumilio
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