Nothofagus_macrocarpa

<i>Nothofagus macrocarpa</i>

Nothofagus macrocarpa

Species of plant

Nothofagus macrocarpa, commonly known as roble de Santiago or Santiago's oak, is a deciduous tree in the Nothofagaceae family that is endemic to the mountains of central Chile.[1]

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Description

Nothofagus macrocarpa is a tree growing 4 to 10 meters tall. It has a stout trunk, either single or with two or three growing from the base. The bark is rough and grayish brown with longitudinal and transverse cracks. It has a leafy and densely-branched crown 3 to 5 meters wide. Leaves are bright green and wavy at the edges, typically oval, and measure 13 to 45 mm long by 7 to 23 mm wide.[3]

Range and habitat

Nothofagus macrocarpa grows at higher elevations of the Altos de Cantillana, in Melipilla Province southwest of Santiago, at approximately 2,200 meters elevation.[3] It is also found to the east in the Andes foothills of Cachapoal Province from 500 to 2,000 meters elevation.[1]

Populations on Cerro El Roble and other nearby mountains once identified as N. macrocarpa were reclassified in 2000 as a distinct species, Nothofagus rutila.[3]

Classification

It is sometimes regarded as a subspecies of Nothofagus obliqua.[4] In 2013 Heenan and Smissen proposed renaming N. macrocarpa to Lophozonia macrocarpa.[5]

References

  1. [1]
    Baldwin, H. (2018). "Nothofagus macrocarpa". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T96478456A96480000. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T96478456A96480000.en. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
  2. [2]
    Nothofagus macrocarpa (A.DC.) F.M.Vázquez & R.A.Rodr. Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 21 April 2023.
  3. [3]
    Ravenna, Pierfelice (2002). Nothofagus macrocarpa y Nothofagus rutila (Fagaceae), dos especies diferentes. Onira 2002, 7: 57–60.
  4. [4]
    "Nothofagus macrocarpa". Enciclopedia de la Flora Chilena. Retrieved 15 February 2015.
  5. [5]
    HEENAN, PETER B.; SMISSEN, ROB D. (2013). "Revised circumscription of Nothofagus and recognition of the segregate genera Fuscospora, Lophozonia, and Trisyngyne (Nothofagaceae)". Phytotaxa. 146 (1): 131. doi:10.11646/phytotaxa.146.1.1. Retrieved 31 May 2015.
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