Common Names
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Common Names in English:
Olivillo
Description
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Habitat
Typically found at an altitude of 0 to 3,295 meters (0 to 10,810 feet).[1]
Ecology: Occurring in broadleaved evergreen montane forest .[2]
Taxonomy
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- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- eukaryotes
- Kingdom:
Plantae
()
- Haeckel, 1866
- Plants
- Subkingdom:
Viridaeplantae
()
- Cavalier-Smith, 1981
- Phylum:
Magnoliophyta
()
- Sinnott, 1935 Ex Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Flowering Plants
- Subphylum:
Euphyllophytina
()
- Infraphylum:
Radiatopses
()
- Kenrick & Crane, 1997
- Class:
Magnoliopsida
()
- Brongniart, 1843
- Dicotyledons
- Subclass:
Dilleniidae
()
- Takhtajan, 1967
- Superorder:
Euphorbianae
()
- Takhtajan Ex Reveal, 1992
- Order:
Euphorbiales
()
- Lindley, 1833
- Family:
Aextoxicaceae
()
- Engler & Gilg, 1920
- Tribe:
Lepidieae
()
- Genus:
Aextoxicon
()
- R. Brown, 1812
- Specific epithet:
punctatum
- Ruiz & Pav.
- Botanical name: - Aextoxicon punctatum Ruiz & Pav.
- Specific epithet:
punctatum
- Ruiz & Pav.
- Genus:
Aextoxicon
(
- Tribe:
Lepidieae
(
- Family:
Aextoxicaceae
(
- Order:
Euphorbiales
(
- Superorder:
Euphorbianae
(
- Subclass:
Dilleniidae
(
- Class:
Magnoliopsida
(
- Infraphylum:
Radiatopses
(
- Subphylum:
Euphyllophytina
(
- Phylum:
Magnoliophyta
(
- Subkingdom:
Viridaeplantae
(
- Kingdom:
Plantae
(
Similar Species
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Members of the genus Aextoxicon
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Further Reading
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- Chebez, Juan Carlos. 1994. Los que se van. Buenos Aires, Argentina: Albatros.
- Inventory of seeds and plants imported / U.S. Department of Agriculture, Bureau of Plant Industry. Washington, D.C.: G.P.O., 1914-1924. ENG url p. 2, p. 46, p. 68, p. 90, p. 95.
- Just's botanischer jahresbericht. Systematisch geordnetes repertorium der botanischen literatur aller länder. Berlin, Gebr. Borntraeger, 1874-98; GER url p. 852.
- Plant-geography upon a physiological basis. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1903. ENG url p. 490.
- Prado, D.E. 1996. Completed data collection forms for trees of Argentina and neighbouring countries.
- Seeds and plants imported / U.S. Department of Agriculture. Washington, D.C.: G.P.O., 1903-1913. ENG url p. 37, p. 51.
Notes
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Contributors
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed December 01, 2007. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 2 providers.
- Prado, D. 1998. In IUCN 2008. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCNRedList.org. Downloaded July 19, 2008.
Data Sources
Accessed through GBIF Data Portal December 01, 2007:
- Missouri Botanical Garden, Missouri Botanical Garden
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 5820892
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 14846175
- Globally Unique Identifier: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:338257-1
- International Plant Names Index (IPNI) ID: 338257-1
- IUCN ID: 34616
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 644245
Footnotes
- Mean = 491.920 meters (1,613.911 feet), Standard Deviation = 1,530.190 based on 12 observations. Altitude information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]
- Prado, D. 1998. In IUCN 2008. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCNRedList.org. Downloaded July 19, 2008. [back]
