Nothofagus macrocarpa
Species of plant
| Nothofagus macrocarpa | |
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| Nothofagus macrocarpa forest on Cerro El Roble | |
Conservation status | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Fagales |
| Family: | Nothofagaceae |
| Genus: | Nothofagus |
| Species: | N. macrocarpa |
| Binomial name | |
| Nothofagus macrocarpa (A.DC.) F.M.Vázquez & R.A.Rodr. (1999)[2] | |
| Synonyms[2] | |
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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]
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
- ^ a b c 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.
- ^ a b Nothofagus macrocarpa (A.DC.) F.M.Vázquez & R.A.Rodr. Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 21 April 2023.
- ^ a b c Ravenna, Pierfelice (2002). Nothofagus macrocarpa y Nothofagus rutila (Fagaceae), dos especies diferentes. Onira 2002, 7: 57–60.
- ^ "Nothofagus macrocarpa". Enciclopedia de la Flora Chilena. Retrieved 15 February 2015.
- ^ 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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Nothofagaceae (southern beech) species
(genus Fuscospora Heenan & Smissen (2013))
- N. alessandrii (ruil)
- N. cliffortioides (mountain beech)
- N. fusca (red beech)
- N. gunnii (deciduous beech / tanglefoot)
- N. solandri (black beech)
- N. truncata (hard beech)
(genus Lophozonia Heenan & Smissen (2013))
- N. alpina (rauli)
- N. cunninghamii (myrtle beech)
- N. glauca (hualo)
- Nothofagus × leoni
- N. macrocarpa (roble de santiago)
- N. menziesii (silver beech)
- N. moorei (Antarctic beech)
- N. rutila
- N. obliqua (roble)
(genus Nothofagus Heenan & Smissen (2013))
- N. antarctica (ñire / Antarctic beech)
- N. betuloides (guindo / Magellan's beech)
- N. dombeyi (coihue / coigüe)
- N. nitida (Chiloé's coigue)
- N. pumilio (lenga beech)
(genus Trisyngyne Heenan & Smissen (2013))
- N. aequilateralis
- N. balansae
- N. baumanniae
- N. brassii
- N. carrii
- N. codonandra
- N. crenata
- N. discoidea
- N. flaviramea
- N. grandis
- N. nuda
- N. perryi
- N. pseudoresinosa
- N. pullei
- N. resinosa
- N. rubra
- N. starkenborghiorum
- N. stylosa
- N. womersleyi
