Prumnopitys andina

Prumnopitys andina

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Araucariales
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Diaphoretickes Cladus: CAM Cladus: Archaeplastida Regnum: Plantae Divisio: Tracheophyta Divisio: Pinophyta Classis: Pinopsida Subclassis: Cupressidae Ordo: Araucariales

Familia: Podocarpaceae
Genus: Prumnopitys
Species: Prumnopitys andina

Name

Prumnopitys andina (Poepp. ex Endl.) de Laub., Blumea 24: 189 (1978)

Synonyms

• Homotypic
  • Nageia andina (Poepp. ex Endl.) F.Muell. in Select Pl., ed. 2: 138 (1876)
  • Podocarpus andinus Poepp. ex Endl. in Syn. Conif.: 219 (1847)
  • Stachycarpus andinus (Poepp. ex Endl.) Tiegh. in Bull. Soc. Bot. France 38: 173 (1891)
• Heterotypic
  • Nageia valdiviana (J.Nelson) Kuntze in Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 800 (1891)
  • Podocarpus spicatus Poepp. in E.F.Poeppig & S.L.Endlicher, Nov. Gen. Sp. Pl. 3: 18 (1841), nom. illeg. homonym. post.
  • Podocarpus valdivianus J.Nelson in Pinaceae: 160 (1866)
  • Prumnopitys andina subsp. blijdensteinii Silba in J. Int. Conifer Preserv. Soc. 9: 33 (2002)
  • Prumnopitys elegans Phil. in Linnaea 30: 732 (1861)
  • Prumnopitys spicata Molloy & Muñoz-Schick in New Zealand J. Bot. 37: 190 (1999)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Continental: Southern America Regionalː Southern South America Argentina South, Chile Central, Chile South References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• de Laubenfels, D.J., 1978. Blumea; Tijdschrift voor de Systematiek en de Geografie der Planten (A Journal of Plant Taxonomy and Plant Geography). Leiden 24:189.

Additional references

• Farjon, A. 2010. A Handbook of the World's Conifers. 2 vols., pp. 1–526 + 527–1111, Koninklijke Brill, Leiden, Boston. ISBN 978-90-04-17718-5. Reference page. 
• Rodríguez, R., Grau, J., Baeza, C. & Davies, A. (2008). Lista comentada de las plantas vasculares de los Nevados de Chillan, Chile. Gayana. Botánica 65: 153-197.

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2026. Prumnopitys andina in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2026 February 14. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2026. Prumnopitys andina. Published online. Accessed: February 14 2026. Reference page.
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Prumnopitys andina in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 07-Oct-06. Reference page. 

Vernacular names

• español: Lleuque

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