Gomortega keule
Sign in to saveGomortega keule (syn. G. nitida; Spanish names keule, queule, and hualhual) is a species of tree endemic to Chile. It is the sole species of the genus Gomortega and, according to the APG IV system of 2016 (unchanged from the APG systems of 2009, 2003 and 1998), of the monotypic family Gomortegaceae, assigned to the order Laurales in the clade magnoliids.
Species
EndangeredSPECIES
- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumTracheophyta
- ClassMagnoliopsida
- OrderLaurales
- FamilyGomortegaceae
VII, VIII
via GBIF · IUCN · Kew POWO
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 43
- With media
- 30
- Family
- Gomortegaceae
- Collections
- UTEP, US, MO, SRP, F, NO
- Recorded in
- Chile
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Encyclopedic overview
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- See also
- References
- External links
- The species
- The family
Gomortega keule (syn. G. nitida; Spanish names keule, queule, and hualhual) is a species of tree endemic to Chile. It is the sole species of the genus Gomortega and, according to the APG IV system of 2016 (unchanged from the APG systems of 2009, 2003 and 1998), of the monotypic family Gomortegaceae, assigned to the order Laurales in the clade magnoliids.
==Description== thumb|Fruits of G. keule Evergreen trees, aromatic, gray bark with shallow longitudinal fissures. The leaves are petiolate, simple, entire, obovate to lanceolate, coriaceous. The stems have unilacunar nodes and with two foliar traces. The branches are quadrangular.
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