Nothofagus betuloides

Magellan southern beech ( Nothofagus betuloides )

The Magellan southern beech ( Nothofagus betuloides ), also called Guindo, is a species of the genus of southern beech ( Nothofagus ) in the family of note Fagaceae ( Nothofagaceae ). It is native to southern South America. Nothofagus betuloides is not hardy in Central Europe.

• 5.1 Notes and references

Description

Appearance and leaf

Nothofagus betuloides grows achieved as evergreen tree, the growth heights of up to 25 and trunk diameter of about 1.5 or rarely up to 2.5 meters. The cracked bark is gray.

The alternate on the branch arranged leaves have a 3-8 mm long petiole. The simple, slightly leathery, hairless or slightly fluffy hairy leaf blade with a length of 0.5 to 2.5 cm elliptical and glandular dotted with a rounded Spreitenbasis and lace. The leaf margin is notched at regular intervals. Stipules are present.

Inflorescence and flower

Nothofagus betuloides is monoecious getrenntgeschlechtig ( monoecious ). The 4 to 4.5 mm long flowers have five to seven scale-like, overgrown bracts, which are hairy hairless or slightly fluffy. The male flowers appear singly in the leaf axils and have 10 to 16 fertile stamens with reddish anthers. Three female flowers are an inflorescence and are surrounded by four bracts. Pollination is about the wind ( anemophily ). The flowering period extends from November to December.

Fruit

Three with a length of 2 to 3 mm small, yellowish nuts to stand together and be of a fruit cup ( cupula ) surrounded. The fruits ripen from January to February.

Differentiate between similar species

This type is similar to the coihue southern beech ( Nothofagus dombeyi ). From Nothofagus Nothofagus dombeyi betuloides can ( Nothofagus dombeyi below the center ) are distinguished by the orange - brown bark of the branches and the slightly sticky, elliptical leaves that are widest in the middle. In addition, ( Nothofagus dombeyi very unevenly serrated ) leaf margin sinuate regularly.

Occurrence

Nothofagus betuloides occurs in Chile and Argentina in the southern Patagonia. The range extends into Chile from Valdivia to the islands around Cape Horn ( in regions X to XII of 40 ° 10 ' to 55 ° 31' S). It thrives in the sub-Antarctic forest and is in the extreme south of Chile, the most common tree species.

System

The first description of this kind took place in 1827 under the name Fagus betuloides by Charles François de Brisseau Mirbel in Mémoires du Muséum d' Histoire Naturelle, 14, p 469, Plate 25, 1851, Karl Ludwig von Blume in Museum Botanicum, 1, p 307 the genus Nothofagus, and sometimes this publication is also used for a homonym Nothofagus betuloides ( Mirb. ) flower, but there is this type not mentioned. The valid first publication of the name Nothofagus betuloides applies only publication in 1871 by Anders Sandoe Oersted in Royal Danish Videnskabernes Selskabs Skrifter - Naturvidenskabelig above Mathematisk afdeling Ser. V, IX, p 354 Other synonyms for Nothofagus betuloides ( Mirb. ) Oerst. are: . Betula antarctica G.Forst, Calusparassus betuloides ( Mirb. ) Hombr. & Jacquinot ex Decne. , Calusparassus forsteri ( Hook. ) Hombr. & Jacquinot ex Decne. , Fagus dubia Mirb. , Fagus forsteri Hook., Nothofagus patagonica Gand ..

Nothofagus betuloides belongs to the subgenus Nothofagus of the genus Nothofagus.

Use

The beautiful wood is used for building houses and making furniture.

Swell

• Roberto Rodríguez Quezada & Max: Fagaceae, In: Clodomiro Marticorena & Roberto Rodriguez (Editor): . Flora de Chile, Volume 2 ( 2), Universidad de Concepción, 2003 Nothofagus betuloides on page 68 (Section Description and dissemination )
• Nothofagus betuloides in the Enciclopedia de la Flora Chilena - Online. (Section Description, distribution and use )