Place of Publication
Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 16: 390 (1893)
Type citation
Based on Decostea jodonifolia Griseb. Chile. Valdivia, W. Lechler 192 (Holotype: W; Isotype: K)
Synonyms
Common names
- tribillo (Dillon & Muñoz-Schick (1993))
References
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Taubert (1893)
Taubert, P.H.W. 1893. Revision der Gattung Grisleinia. Botanische Jahrbücher für Systematik, Pflanzengeschichte und Pflanzengeographie 16: 386-392
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Dillon & Muñoz-Schick (1993)
Dillon, M.O. and Muñoz-Schick, M. 1993. A revision of the dioecious genus Griselinia (Griseliniaceae), including a new species from the coastal Atacama Desert of northern Chile. Brittonia 45(4): 261-274
Iconography
- Muñoz-Pizarro (1966): lam. 78
Regions
Maule, Biobío, Araucanía, Los Ríos, Los Lagos and Ñuble
Habitat
Temperate Forests and Valdivian rainforest
Distribution and habitat
An extensive distribution in the Coastal Cordillera from sea level to 800 m. Coastal evergreen rainforest and sometimes seen as wind-pruned shrub growing close to the sea on exposed rocky slopes.
Descriptions
- Dillon & Muñoz-Schick (1993)
Habit
Evergreen tree to 10m tall.
Key characteristics
Very distinctive species; leaves ovate-rhomboid with spiny margins. Flowering from August to November and fruiting from December to January.