Short description: Species of tree

Nothofagus nitida

Leaves, near Pargua, Chile

Conservation status

Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)[1]

Scientific classification
Kingdom:  | Plantae
Clade:  | Tracheophytes
Clade:  | Angiosperms
Clade:  | Eudicots
Clade:  | Rosids
Order:  | Fagales
Family:  | Nothofagaceae
Genus:  | Nothofagus
Subgenus:  | Nothofagus subg. Nothofagus
Species:  |

N. nitida

Binomial name
Nothofagus nitida

(Phil.) Krasser

Synonyms

Fagus nitida

Nothofagus nitida (Chiloé's coigue)[1] is an evergreen tree, native to southern Chile and Argentina.[2] It is found from latitude 40° S to Última Esperanza (53° S).

## Contents

* 1 Description
* 2 Uses
* 3 References
* 4 External links

## Description

Up to 35 m (115 ft) height and 2 m (6.5 ft) diameter. The bark is gray. It prefers very wet soils.

Leaves are alternate between 1.5 and 3 cm, they are hard, glossy green, with a small petiole and lanceolate shape. The new borne twigs have little hairs.

Male flowers have a unique verticil with 6–10 stamens and are surrounded by tepals (sepals and petals just the same). Female flowers are grouped five by five, and pollination is mainly anemophilous. The flowers are homochlamyd, small (3 to 5 mm), unisexual, arranged in inflorescences.

Its fruits are small, flattened or triangular, yellowish in cupules made up by 2 to 7 units.

## Uses

The wood is white-yellowish colored. It has beautiful engraving and it is used in furniture and construction.

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Baldwin, H. (2018). "Nothofagus nitida". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2018: e.T96478547A96480010. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/96478547/96480010. Retrieved 26 May 2022.
2. ↑ Mathiasen, Paula; Vidoz, Félix; Valle, Sebastián; Ojeda, Valeria S.; Acosta, María Cristina; Ippi, Silvina; Cerón, Gerardo A.; Premoli, Andrea C. (2017). "Primeros registros de presencia de Nothofagus nitida (Nothofagaceae) en Argentina y estimación de su área de distribución potencial" (in Spanish). Bosque 38 (3): 467–477. doi:10.4067/S0717-92002017000300004. https://scielo.conicyt.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0717-92002017000300004&lng=es&nrm=iso&tlng=es. Retrieved January 23, 2018.

* Donoso, Claudio. 2005. Árboles nativos de Chile. Guía de reconocimiento. Valdivia, Chile
* Hoffmann, Adriana, 1998. Flora Silvestre de Chile. Fundación Claudio Gay. Santiago.

## External links

* Encyclopedia of Chilean Flora: Nothofagus nitida
* ChileBosque - Nothofagus nitida
* chlorischile: Nothofagus nitida

Wikidata ☰ Q7062948 entry

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