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Quinchamalium
Sign in to saveQuinchamalium is a genus of flowering plant in the family Schoepfiaceae, with a single species Quinchamalium chilense, native to Chile, Argentina, Peru and Bolivia. Depending on the latitude, it can be found from sea level to 3,800 m in elevation.
Species
Quinchamali
GENUS
- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumTracheophyta
- ClassMagnoliopsida
- OrderSantalales
- FamilySchoepfiaceae
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 72
- With media
- 55
- Family
- Schoepfiaceae
- Collections
- MO, F, ASU, UCR, SDSU, MNHN
- Recorded in
- Chile, Peru, Argentina, Chili
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Schoepfiaceae
- Image
- Quinchamalium chilense Molina.(pabloendemico).jpg
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Encyclopedic overview
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- Etymology
- Description
- Ecology
- Uses
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Quinchamalium is a genus of flowering plant in the family Schoepfiaceae, with a single species Quinchamalium chilense, native to Chile, Argentina, Peru and Bolivia. Depending on the latitude, it can be found from sea level to 3,800 m in elevation.
==Etymology== It is locally called quinchamalí. The word kincha translates from Quechua as 'hedge of sticks', as often made from dead old quinoa plants (see quincha).
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