Peumus boldus, 36.1375--CA. UC Berkeley Bot. Garden. 8 Dec 06. 411.jpg
Native to Chile Central, Chile South (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 4 occurrences across 3 countries.
Location
United States, California, Alameda County (Berkeley)
37.87544, -122.238724
Location Remarks
Strawberry Canyon, University of California campus, city of Berkeley
Collectors
No collectors specified
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, Persy Gomez de la Fuente, Sharon R. Christoph
Notes
Árbol 15 m.
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
W. Douglas Stevens, Christopher Davidson, Sharon R. Christoph, Olga Martha Montiel
Notes
Tree 5 m tall, fruits greenish white, juicy.
Location
Spain, Catalonia (Barcelona Botanic Garden)
Location Remarks
c/ Dr. Font i Quer, 2, Parc de Montjuïc, Barcelona
Collectors
No collectors specified
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Laurales
Family
Monimiaceae
Genus
Peumus
Specific Epithet
boldus
Authorship
Molina
What is EDGE?
Evolutionary distinctiveness
High
ED 29.9
Sits on a long, isolated branch of the plant tree of life, with relatively few close relatives.
Threat status
IUCN Red List
EDGE score
1.2
Global rank
#30,764 of 335,497
Top 10%
Extinction probability
5%
