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Common Names
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Common Names in English:
Olivillo
Common Names in Spanish:
Olivillo, Teque Muerto, Tique
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:
Tracheophyta
()
- Sinnott, 1935 ex Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Vascular Plants
- Subphylum:
Euphyllophytina
()
- Infraphylum:
Radiatopses
()
- Kenrick & Crane, 1997
- Class:
Magnoliopsida
()
- Brongniart, 1843
- Dicotyledons
- Subclass:
Dilleniidae
()
- Takhtajan, 1967
- Superorder:
Euphorbianae
()
- Takhtajan Ex Reveal, 1992
- Order:
Celastrales
()
- Lindley, 1833
- Family:
Aextoxicaceae
()
- Engler & Gilg, 1920
- Tribe:
Lepidieae
()
- Genus:
Aextoxicon
()
- Ruiz & Pavón, 1794
- Specific epithet:
punctatum
- Ruiz & Pav.
- Botanical name: - Aextoxicon punctatum Ruiz & Pav.
- Specific epithet:
punctatum
- Ruiz & Pav.
- Genus:
Aextoxicon
(
- Tribe:
Lepidieae
(
- Family:
Aextoxicaceae
(
- Order:
Celastrales
(
- Superorder:
Euphorbianae
(
- Subclass:
Dilleniidae
(
- Class:
Magnoliopsida
(
- Infraphylum:
Radiatopses
(
- Subphylum:
Euphyllophytina
(
- Phylum:
Tracheophyta
(
- Subkingdom:
Viridaeplantae
(
- Kingdom:
Plantae
(
Notes
Publishing author : Ruiz & Pav. Publication : Syst. Veg. Fl. Peruv. Chil. 1: 260 1798 [late Dec 1798]
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Members of the genus Aextoxicon
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Further Reading
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- Biosphere Reserves, Compilation 4, October 1986: programme on man and the biosphere (MAB) IUCN Conservation Monitoring Centre url p. 110.
- Contributions from the United States National Herbarium 8 1903-1905 Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1890- url p. 341.
- IUCN Directory of Neotropical Protected Areas IUCN url p. 108, p. 117.
- Inventory of seeds and plants imported / U.S. Department of Agriculture, Bureau of Plant Industry. Washington, D.C.: G.P.O., 1914-1924. url p. 2, p. 46, p. 68, p. 90, p. 95.
- Plant-geography upon a physiological basis. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1903. url p. 490.
- Seeds and plants imported / U.S. Department of Agriculture. Washington, D.C.: G.P.O., 1903-1913. url p. 37, p. 51.
- The Hawaiian forester and agriculturist; quarterly magazine of forestry, entomology, plant inspection and animal industry. Honolulu, Advertiser pub. co., ltd. [etc.] url p. 51.
- The World List of Threatened Trees WCMC, IUCN url p. 37.
- Travels of Ruiz, Pavón, and Dombey in Peru and Chile (1777-1788) / by Hipólito Ruiz; with an epilogue and official documents added by Agustín Jesús Barreiro; translation by B.E. Dahlgren. 21 1940 Chicago: Field Museum of Natural History, 1940. url p. 130.
Notes
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Contributors
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 17, 2012.
- IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. . Downloaded on January 28, 2012.
- Prado, D. 1998. Aextoxicon punctatum. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloadedon 30January2012.
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: 189113
- 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. Aextoxicon punctatum. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 30 January 2012. [back]
