Aextoxicon
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| Aextoxicon | |
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Eudicots |
| (unranked): | Core eudicots |
| Order: | Berberidopsidales |
| Family: | Aextoxicaceae Engl. & Gilg. |
| Genus: | Aextoxicon Ruiz & Pav. |
| Species: | A. punctatum |
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| Aextoxicon punctatum Ruiz & Pav. |
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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.
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[edit] 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
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