Family · Other eudicots

Aextoxicaceae

Olivillo family

Single evergreen tree of Chile's Valdivian rainforest with scaly indumentum; sole member Aextoxicon punctatum (olivillo).

Accepted species

1accepted names · Kew WCVP

Genus

1accepted genus · Kew WCVP

Origin

≈27 MaPaleogene · stem age, Jin & Qian 2022 megatree

Centre of diversity

Southern Americamost native species · WGSRPD

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Plants you might know

• Aextoxicon punctatum

Its genus

• Aextoxicon1 spp.

Where it grows

• Southern America1

Native species richness by botanical continent (WGSRPD level 1), from Kew WCVP.

Related families

Aextoxicaceae sits in the order Berberidopsidales.

• BerberidopsidaceaeCoral plant family4