Native to Argentina South, Chile Central, Chile South; introduced into Juan Fernández Is. (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 1 occurrence across 1 country.
Location
Chile, Maule, Cauquenes
-35.98, -72.688889
Location Remarks
Comuna Pelluhue, Reserva Nacional Los Queules, more or less level terrain between road and Quebrada Ramadillas; tall fores with Nothofagus dominant. 391 m elev.
Collectors
W. Douglas Stevens, Christopher Davidson, Sharon R. Christoph, Olga Martha Montiel
Notes
Shrub to small tree, common, flowers white, fragrant, fruits green to red or purple, seed white inside.
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Proteales
Family
Proteaceae
Genus
Gevuina
Specific Epithet
avellana
Authorship
Molina
What is EDGE?
Evolutionary distinctiveness
Lower
ED 4.8
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
#164,020 of 335,497
Top 49%
Extinction probability
6%