5-463: Aextoxicaceae Berberidopsidaceae Berberidopsidales is an order of Southern Hemisphere woody flowering plants . The name is newly accepted in the APG III system of plant taxonomy. APG II system , of 2003, mentions the possibility of recognizing the order, as comprising the families Berberidopsidaceae and Aextoxicaceae . However, APG II left the families unplaced as to order, assigning them to
10-518: Is the only genus in the monotypic family Aextoxicaceae , and is itself represented by the olivillo ( Aextoxicon punctatum ). It is a large evergreen tree native to the forests of the Valdivian temperate rain forests and Magellanic subpolar forests of the Pacific coast of southern Chile, where it forms is a canopy tree in the broadleaf forests . It can reach 15 m tall. The APG system (1998) and
15-628: The APG II system (2003) left the family Aextoxicaceae unplaced in the core eudicots . It has since been included in the order Berberidopsidales . The genus was formerly often included in the family Euphorbiaceae . Aextoxicon punctatum is a large tree often found in the canopy or emergent. It has opposite leaves with dark green coloration on the top and lighter green below, and is covered in rusty peltate scales. The flowers are actinomorphic and unisexual, in hanging racemes . The flowers have 5 sepals and 5 petals . Male flowers have 5 stamens opposite
20-467: The clade core eudicots . The APG III system of 2009 formally recognized the order. The family Aextoxicaceae is a monotypic family native to Chile ; Berberidopsidaceae is a family of 2 genera and 3 species native to Chile and eastern Australia . This eudicot -related article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Aextoxicaceae Aextoxicon is a genus of dioecious trees native to southern Chile and Argentina. It
25-607: The sepals while female flowers have two carpels that fuse to form a bilocular ovary. The fruit is a single seeded drupe that resembles an olive, thus giving the plant its common name. Aextoxicon punctatum is found in Chile, usually in damp places from the Bosque de Fray Jorge National Park southwards to the Chiloé Archipelago , also in the Valdivian forest and Magellanic forests of
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