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• Azara
  ...science, especially of botany). Flacourtiaceae. Ornamental shrubs or small trees grown for their handsome evergreen foliage and also for their fragrant flow ...ted: fr. a many- seeded berry.—About 20 species in S. Amer., especially in Chile.
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• Griselinia
  ...n native to [[New Zealand]] and [[South America]]. It is a classic example of the [[Antarctic flora]]. ...tamens and a single stigma. Petals 2-3 mm long. However, the female flower of ''G.lucida'' has no petals. The [[fruit]] is a small purple oval [[berry]]
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• Nothofagus
  ...] native to the temperate oceanic to tropical [[Southern Hemisphere]] in [[Chile]], [[Argentina]] and [[Australasia]]. ...used as food plants by the [[larva]] of [[Hepialidae|hepialid]] [[moth]]s of the genus ''[[Aenetus]]'' including ''A. eximia'' and ''A. virescens''.
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• Embothrium
  ...to elliptic, short-stalked, alternate, obtuse and mucronate, pale beneath. Chile. B.M. 4856.—Should be hardy in warm-temperate parts. ...he plant family [[Proteaceae]], native to southern [[South America]], in [[Chile]] and adjacent western [[Argentina]] and southern [[Peru]]; the genus occur
  4 KB (575 words) - 15:40, 21 September 2009
• Fitzroya
  ...onoecious, the small cones consisting of about 9 scales; the lvs. on small trees are reported as varying much in the way in which they stand on the st., but ...for a species (rather than genus), or perhaps Varieties if there is a mix of cultivars, species, hybrids, etc -->
  3 KB (492 words) - 20:19, 29 July 2010
• Kageneckia
  '''''Kageneckia''''' is a genus of [[flowering plant]] in family [[Rosaceae]]. ...nal: lvs. leathery, serrate, stalked: stamens 16-20, inserted on the mouth of the calyx, in 1 series: carpels 5, free: ovules numerous.
  2 KB (257 words) - 20:45, 8 April 2010
• Lomatia
  ...dentate, pinnate or pinnatifid foliage. They require the general treatment of the Australian cool greenhouse things; propagated by well-ripened cuttings. ...rusty-hairy outside. B.M. 8112. G.C. III. 42:232, 233. L. obliqua, R. Br. Chile. Shrub or tree with densely leafy erect branches: lvs. ovate, crenate, leat
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• Lithraea
  ...ls. small, yellowish white, in few-fld. clusters: fr. a dry drupe. Brazil, Chile. '''''Lithraea''''' ([[syn.]] ''Lithrea'' Hook.) is a [[genus]] of [[flowering plant]]s in the soapberry family [[Anacardiaceae]].
  3 KB (375 words) - 02:52, 12 December 2009
• Schinus
  ...r Tree or Christmasberry (''[[Schinus terebinthifolius]]'') are the source of the spice known as [[pink peppercorn]]s<ref>[http://books.google.com/books? ...inous mastic-like juice of some species). Anacardiaceae. Resinous dioecous trees, one much planted in California.
  4 KB (606 words) - 04:02, 21 May 2010
• Villaresia
  ...islands of the Pacific, Trop. Austral., Indian Archipelago, and Brazil and Chile. ...for a species (rather than genus), or perhaps Varieties if there is a mix of cultivars, species, hybrids, etc -->
  2 KB (258 words) - 12:44, 28 October 2009
• Jubaea
  Jubaea(after Juba, king of Numidia) Palmaceae. The wine palm of Chile, J. spectabilis, which in this country is cultivated outdoors in southern C ...es, a tall, unarmed S. American palm: caudex thick, covered with the bases of the sheaths: lvs. terminal, pinnatisect; segms. spreading, linear-lanceolat
  6 KB (876 words) - 08:18, 29 March 2010
• Prosopis
  ...he screw bean, two forage plants of considerable value in the arid regions of southern California and the Southwest. ...eous and indehiscent. — About 25 species, tropical and subtropical regions of the world.
  4 KB (572 words) - 09:13, 20 September 2009
• Dacrydium
  | poisonous = <!--- indicate parts of plants which are known/thought to be poisonous --> ...trees sometimes attain a height in their native regions of 75-100 ft. Some of the species may be expected to thrive in the southern areas.
  4 KB (638 words) - 03:57, 26 August 2009
• Quillaja
  ...ine compound, which makes it useful as soap). Rosaceae. Glabrous evergreen trees, whose bark is sometimes saponaceous, occasionally grown in the greenhouse ...ng at their base, many-seeded.—About 3 or 4 species, natives of S. Brazil, Chile, and Peru.
  2 KB (300 words) - 10:41, 12 December 2009
• Rhaphithamnus
  the needle-like spines). Verbenaceae. Two evergreen small trees from Chile, with slender axillary spines, opposite, rather small, entire
  2 KB (291 words) - 16:16, 13 December 2009
• Nothofagus betuloides
  |origin=S Chile, S Argentina ...pearance, in its natural environment it tolerates cold winters and absence of heat in summer. Found from sea level to 500 meters (1600 ft). It is someti
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• Gourliea
  | poisonous = <!--- indicate parts of plants which are known/thought to be poisonous --> ...jujube: wood yellow and hard, used for cabinet-making. Chile, at elevation of 1,500-5,000 ft.
  4 KB (531 words) - 12:05, 8 September 2009
• Araucaria
  ...[Norfolk Island]], eastern [[Australia]], [[New Guinea]], [[Argentina]], [[Chile]], and southern [[Brazil]]. ...the genus also formerly occurred in the northern hemisphere until the end of the [[Cretaceous]] period.
  10 KB (1,562 words) - 18:34, 22 January 2010
• Tillandsia recurvata
  ...e airflow, and high humidity, which is commonly provided by southern shade trees, often the Southern Live Oak (''[[Quercus virginiana]]'').<ref name = crow> | journal = Canadian Journal of Botany
  4 KB (632 words) - 23:20, 27 April 2010
• Araucaria araucana
  ...mple of a [[living fossil]]. It is considered as the [[national tree]] of Chile. ...r-sharp edges and tip. They persist for 10-15 years or more, so cover most of the tree except for the older branches.
  7 KB (1,163 words) - 17:04, 18 May 2010

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