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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).

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


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. Baldwin, H. (2018). "Nothofagus nitida". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T96478547A96480010. 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" [First presence records of Nothofagus nitida (Nothofagaceae) in Argentina and estimation of its potential distribution area]. Bosque (in Spanish). 38 (3): 467–477. doi:10.4067/S0717-92002017000300004. Retrieved January 23, 2018.




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El coihue de Chiloé, coihue o roble (Nothofagus nitida) es una especie árborea siempreverde, nativa de Chile y Argentina, vive desde Valdivia a 40° Lat. S hasta Última Esperanza a 53° Lat S. Su confirmación en Argentina es reciente, donde se la considera presente en áreas muy restringidas.[2]



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