Native to Argentina South, Chile Central, Chile South; introduced into Germany, Great Britain, Ireland (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 3 occurrences across 3 countries.
Location
Chile, Maule, Talca (San Clemente, Curillinque)
-35.938333, -70.610556
Location Remarks
Comuna San Clemente, 11.5 km below La Laguna on Highway 115 to Laguna Maule, 5.2 km below Puente Lo Aguirre; low shrubby vegetation on steep slopes. 1571 m elev.
Collectors
Christopher Davidson, Jose San Martin, Persy Gomez de la Fuente, Sharon R. Christoph
Notes
Árbol 5-6 m. Bosque de Nothofagus.
Location
Spain, Catalonia (Barcelona Botanic Garden)
Location Remarks
c/ Dr. Font i Quer, 2, Parc de Montjuïc, Barcelona
Collectors
No collectors specified
Location
Argentina, Neuquen (Las Ovejas)
-36.838222, -71.008944
Location Remarks
Area Protejida Apu [Epu] Lauquén. Southern beech forest along margin of Laguna Epulafquén, trail toward waterfall.
Collectors
Renée H. Fortunato, Christopher Davidson, Sharon R. Christoph
Notes
Common shrub to about 2 m tall.
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Fagales
Family
Nothofagaceae
Genus
Nothofagus
Specific Epithet
obliqua
Authorship
(Mirb.) Oerst.
What is EDGE?
Evolutionary distinctiveness
Lower
ED 5.5
Part of a well-represented branch of the plant tree of life, with many close relatives.
Threat status
IUCN Red List
EDGE score
0.3
Global rank
#166,832 of 335,497
Top 50%
Extinction probability
6%