Aextoxicon
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Aextoxicon is a genus of dioecious[3] trees native to southern Chile and Argentina. It is the only genus in the monotypic family Aextoxicaceae, and is itself represented by the olivillo (Aextoxicon punctatum). It is a large evergreen tree native to the forests of the Valdivian temperate rain forests and Magellanic subpolar forests of the Pacific coast of southern Chile, where it forms is a canopy tree in the broadleaf forests. It can reach 15 m tall.
Aextoxicon | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Order: | Berberidopsidales |
Family: | Aextoxicaceae Engl. & Gilg[2] |
Genus: | Aextoxicon Ruiz & Pav. |
Species: | A. punctatum |
Binomial name | |
Aextoxicon punctatum | |
The APG system (1998) and the APG II system (2003) left the family Aextoxicaceae unplaced in the core eudicots. It has since been included in the order Berberidopsidales.[4] The genus was formerly often included in the family Euphorbiaceae.