P. andina at a preserve in Temuco, Parque Nacional Conguillìo, Chile [Rick Fencl, Mar-2006].

Seed and covering from a tree at a preserve in Temuco, Parque Nacional Conguillìo, Chile [Rick Fencl, Mar-2006].

Foliage from a tree at a preserve in Temuco, Parque Nacional Conguillìo, Chile [Rick Fencl, Mar-2006].

Several good photos are available on the Encyclopedia de la Flora Chilena website and at the Chilebosque website

Prumnopitys andina

(Poepp. ex Endl.) de Laub. 1978

Common Names

Lleuque [Mapudungun] (Mill and Quinn 2001).

Taxonomic notes

Syn. (Farjon 1998, Mill and Quinn 2001):

Podocarpus spicatus Poepp. in Poeppig 1845 non R. Br. 1838.
Podocarpus andinus Poepp. ex Endl. 1847
Prumnopitys elegans Phil. 1860
Podocarpus valdivianus J. Nelson 1866
Nageia andina (Poepp. ex Endl.) F. Muell. 1876
Stachycarpus andinus (Poepp. ex Endl.) Tiegh. 1891
Nageia valdiviana (J. Nelson) Kuntze 1891
Prumnopitys spicata (Poepp.) Molloy et Muñoz-Schick 1999

Description

Trees to 15 m tall and 100 cm dbh, crown pyramidal to globose, leaves linear, falcate, coriaceous, 1-2.5 cm long and 1.5-2 mm wide, with a glaucous strip on either side of the midrib on abaxial surface. Fruit the usual podocarp "berry", 10-15 mm diameter.

Range

Argentina, Chile (Farjon 1998). Grows in low to mid-altitude Andean forests from Chile's Región del Maule (35°52'S) to Región de la Araucanía (39°30'S), at elevations of 200-1380 m in small populations of up to a few hundred individuals. Actively being exploited, primarily for the woodchip industry; also threatened by fires and deforestation (Gonzalez 1998, Hechenleitner et al. 2005).

Big Tree

Oldest

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Citations

González, M. 1998. Prumnopitys andina. In: IUCN 2006. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. www.iucnredlist.org. Accessed 2006.10.29.

Hechenleitner, P., M.F. Gardner, P.I. Thomas, C. Echeverria, B. Escobar, P. Brownless and C. Martinez. Plantas Amenazadas del Centro-Sur de Chile: Distribución, Conservación y Propagación. Available: http://www.chilebosque.cl/amenazadas.html (accessed 2006.10.29). The principal information on Prumnopitys andina is reproduced as a web page at http://www.chilebosque.cl/tree/prandi.html.

Mill, R.R. and C.J. Quinn. 2001. Prumnopitys andina reinstated as the correct name for "lleuque", the Chilean conifer recently renamed p. spicata (Podocarpaceae). Taxon 50(4):1143-1154.