Aextoxicon Ruíz & Pav.

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Article from New Trees by John Grimshaw & Ross Bayton

Recommended citation
'Aextoxicon' from the website Trees and Shrubs Online (treesandshrubsonline.org/articles/aextoxicon/). Accessed 2024-09-20.

Family

Aextoxicaceae

Species in genus

Aextoxicon punctatum

Glossary

family: A group of genera more closely related to each other than to genera in other families. Names of families are identified by the suffix ‘-aceae’ (e.g. Myrtaceae) with a few traditional exceptions (e.g. Leguminosae).
monospecific: (of a genus) Including only one species (as e.g. Aextoxicon).

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Credits

Article from New Trees by John Grimshaw & Ross Bayton

Recommended citation
'Aextoxicon' from the website Trees and Shrubs Online (treesandshrubsonline.org/articles/aextoxicon/). Accessed 2024-09-20.

The black fruits of Aextoxicon punctatum gave rise to the local name Olivillo in its native Chile. Seen here at Los Molinos, Valdivia in May 2007. Image S. O’Brien.

Aextoxicon is the only genus in the Aextoxicaceae, a family that has been associated previously with the Aquifoliaceae, Celastraceae, Elaeagnaceae, Euphorbiaceae and Icacinaceae, although DNA and wood anatomy both link it to the Berberidopsidaceae (APG 2003, Carlquist 2003). Aextoxicon is monospecific, comprising only the species A. punctatum (Govaerts 2000a).

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