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Griselinia littoralis foliage and flowers
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae Division: Magnoliophyta Class: Magnoliopsida Order: Apiales Family: Griseliniaceae Genus: Griselinia G.Forst.
Species
Griselinia carlomunozii Griselinia jodinifolia Griselinia littoralis Griselinia lucida Griselinia racemosa Griselinia ruscifolia Griselinia scandens Image File history File links Download high resolution version (812x1113, 77 KB)Griselinia littoralis (Kapuka) foliage and flowers - photo MPF Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1. ... Scientific classification or biological classification is how biologists group and categorize extinct and living species of organisms. ... Divisions Land plants (embryophytes) Non-vascular plants (bryophytes) Marchantiophyta - liverworts Anthocerotophyta - hornworts Bryophyta - mosses Vascular plants (tracheophytes) Lycopodiophyta - clubmosses Equisetophyta - horsetails Pteridophyta - true ferns Psilotophyta - whisk ferns Ophioglossophyta - adderstongues Seed plants (spermatophytes) †Pteridospermatophyta - seed ferns Pinophyta - conifers Cycadophyta - cycads Ginkgophyta - ginkgo Gnetophyta - gnetae Magnoliophyta - flowering plants Adiantum pedatum (a fern... Classes Magnoliopsida - Dicots Liliopsida - Monocots The flowering plants (also angiosperms) are a major group of land plants. ... Orders see text Dicotyledons or dicots are flowering plants whose seed typically contains two embryonic leaves or cotyledons. ... Families Apiaceae (carrot family) Araliaceae (ginseng family) Pittosporaceae Griseliniaceae Torriceliaceae The Apiales are an order of flowering plants. ... Portrait of Georg Forster at age 26, by J. H. W. Tischbein, 1781. ...

Griselinia is a genus of seven species of shrubs and trees, with a highly disjunct distribution native to New Zealand and South America. It is a classic example of the Antarctic flora. A willow shrub A shrub or bush is a horticultural rather than strictly botanical category of woody plant, distinguished from a tree by its multiple stems and lower height, usually less than 6 m tall. ... The coniferous Coast Redwood, the tallest tree species on earth A tree can be defined as a large, perennial, woody plant. ... South America South America is a continent crossed by the equator, with most of its area in the Southern Hemisphere. ... Minke whale Minke whale Minke whale Minke whale Minke whale Minke whale Minke whale Minke whale Minke whale Minke whale Minke whale Minke whale Minke whale Minke whale Minke whale Minke whale Minke whale Minke whale Minke whale Minke whale Minke whale Minke whale Minke whale Minke whale Minke whale...

It is the sole genus in the family Griseliniaceae; in the past it was often placed in the Cornaceae (dogwood family, order Cornales), but differs from that in many features; recent genetic evidence from the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group has shown that it is correctly placed in the Apiales. Genera Cornaceae sensu stricto     Cornus -- dogwood Nyssaceae     (Nyssa -- tupelo)     (Camptotheca -- happy tree)     (Davidia -- dove tree) The Dogwood family (Cornaceae) is a widespread family, mostly in the north temperate zone, in the order Cornales. ... Families See text The Cornales are an order of flowering plants, basal among the asterid group of dicotyledons. ... The Angiosperm Phylogeny Group is an international group of systematic botanists who have come together to try to establish a consensus view of the taxonomy of flowering plants in the light of the rapid rise of molecular systematics. ... Families Apiaceae (carrot family) Araliaceae (ginseng family) Pittosporaceae Griseliniaceae Torriceliaceae The Apiales are an order of flowering plants. ...

The leaves are evergreen, smooth and glossy above, often paler below. The flowers are very small, with five sepals and stamens and a single stigma, but no petals. The fruit is a small berry. In botany, a leaf is an above-ground plant organ specialized for photosynthesis. ... A Silver Fir shoot showing three successive years of retained leaves In botany, an evergreen plant is a plant which retains its leaves year-round, with each leaf persisting for more than 12 months. ... Wildflowers A flower is the reproductive structure of those plants classified as angiosperms (flowering plants; Division Magnoliophyta). ... Fruit stall in Barcelona, Catalonia. ... Several types of berries from the market, but none of these are true berries. ...

New Zealand species

The two New Zealand species are large shrubs or trees, from 4-20 m tall. The vernacular names are of Maori origin. Te Puni, Māori Chief Māori is the name of the indigenous people of New Zealand, and their language. ...

• G. littoralis - Kapuka; leaves 6-14 cm long.
• G. lucida - Akapuka; differs from G. littoralis in larger leaves, to 12-18 cm long.

South American species

The five South American species are smaller shrubs, 1-5 m tall. All are known as Yelmo. Binomial name Griselinia littoralis Kapuka (Griselinia littoralis) is a small to medium-sized evergreen tree growing up to 20 m tall, though often much less, particularly in coastal exposure. ...

• G. carlomunozii - coastal northern Chile (Antofagasta)
• G. jodinifolia - Chile
• G. racemosa - southern Chile (Los Lagos, Aisén) and adjacent Argentina (western Chubut)
• G. ruscifolia - Argentina, Chile, southeast Brazil
• G. scandens - central and southern Chile

Antofagasta is Chiles second administrative region from north to south. ... Los Lagos (Spanish The lakes) is Chiles tenth administrative region from north to south. ... Aysen (also spelled Aisén) is Chiles eleventh administrative region from north to south. ... Chubut is a province in the southern part of Argentina, that lies between the 42nd Parallel South (forming the border with the Río Negro Province) and 46th Parallel South (bordering Santa Cruz Province), the Andes range separating Argentina from Chile, and the Atlantic ocean. ...

External links

• Pictures of Griselinia jodinifolia and Griselinia racemosa from Chilebosque.