Biology:Astelia pumila

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Short description: Species of flowering plant

Astelia pumila
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Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Asteliaceae
Genus: Astelia
Species:
A. pumila
Binomial name
Astelia pumila
(J.R.Forst.) Gaudich.
Synonyms[1]

Melanthium pumilum J.R.Forst.

Astelia pumila is a species of flowering plant in the recently named family Asteliaceae. It is an evergreen silver-green perennial from western Patagonia in southern Chile and nearby areas of Argentina . It grows in forests as well as wetlands.[1] The plant is, together with Donatia fascicularis, dominant in the cushion bogs that exists in areas exposed to the Pacific coast.[2] As such, it does not usually occur together with Sphagnum which tends to grow slightly more inland.[2] Localities where the plant is found include, from north to south; Queulat National Park, Chonos Archipelago, Taitao Peninsula, San Rafael Lake, the vicinities of Caleta Tortel and Tierra del Fuego National Park.[1][3]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Astelia pumila" (in es). Administración de Parques Nacionales. https://sib.gob.ar/ficha/PLANTAE*astelia*pumila. 
  2. 2.0 2.1 Luebert, Federico; Pliscoff, Patricio (2017) (in es). Sinopsis bioclimática y vegetacional de Chile (2nd ed.). Santiago de Chile: Editorial Universitaria. p. 209. ISBN 978-956-11-2575-9. 
  3. "Astelia pumila (J.R.Forst.) Gaudich." (in es). University of Magallanes. https://kataix.umag.cl/sib-aysen/catalog/taxon/astelia_pumila/geo/. 

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