Lomatia ferruginea grows to 6 metres (20 ft) tall. It is evergreen, with few branches, newly shoots are covered in reddish-brown hairs. Composite, bipinnate, fern-like opposite and petiolate leaves, 13–14 cm long and 8–10 cm wide, green above and reddish-brown below.
The flowers are hermaphrodite and pedicellate, 2 cm long, in racemes shorter than the leaves, made up by 14-16 opposite flowers, grayish-yellow in bud, every flower is formed by 4 tepals which are oval lanceolate bicolor, reddish brown with green apex, then thinned and again wide at the concave apex of 1.5 cm long, with sessile anthers at the concave apex of the petals, long style, red bulky and oblique stigma.
The fruit is a woody dark brown follicle, 3.5-4.0 cm wide and 1 cm long, made up by two valves, thin pedicellate, like a peduncle downwards, upwards prolonged at the style, it has many imbricate seeds, winged and truncated at the tip, 1.5 cm wide and 0.5 mm.
TaxonomyEdit
Antonio José Cavanilles described the species. The genus name Lomatia comes from the Greeklomas, because of the seed's edge, and ferruginea from Latin, meaning ferrous or rusty, referring to the reddish-brown color in new buds.
Cultivation and usesEdit
1907 illustration, Curtis's botanical magazine
The wood is valued for its grain and is much used in carpentry. It is highly valued as an ornamental tree in Chile. It has been planted in Scotland.[2] and in the Faroe Islands, where it regularly self-seeds[3]
External linksEdit
^Prance, G. (2020). "Lomatia ferruginea". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T113179050A113310323. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-1.RLTS.T113179050A113310323.en. Retrieved 27 November 2022.
^. The plant press. Archived from the original on 2009-11-14. Retrieved 2010-04-01.
lomatia, ferruginea, this, article, needs, additional, citations, verification, please, help, improve, this, article, adding, citations, reliable, sources, unsourced, material, challenged, removed, find, sources, news, newspapers, books, scholar, jstor, july, . This article needs additional citations for verification Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources Lomatia ferruginea news newspapers books scholar JSTOR July 2020 Learn how and when to remove this template message Lomatia ferruginea commonly known as fuinque is a small evergreen tree in the family Proteaceae Lomatia ferrugineaConservation statusLeast Concern IUCN 3 1 1 Scientific classificationKingdom PlantaeClade TracheophytesClade AngiospermsClade EudicotsOrder ProtealesFamily ProteaceaeGenus LomatiaSpecies L ferrugineaBinomial nameLomatia ferruginea Cav R Br It is native to southern Argentina and Chile the Patagonia region of South America In Chile it grows from Curico Province to Magallanes 35 to 49 It is found mostly in deep and moist soils Contents 1 Description 2 Taxonomy 3 Cultivation and uses 4 External linksDescription EditLomatia ferruginea grows to 6 metres 20 ft tall It is evergreen with few branches newly shoots are covered in reddish brown hairs Composite bipinnate fern like opposite and petiolate leaves 13 14 cm long and 8 10 cm wide green above and reddish brown below The flowers are hermaphrodite and pedicellate 2 cm long in racemes shorter than the leaves made up by 14 16 opposite flowers grayish yellow in bud every flower is formed by 4 tepals which are oval lanceolate bicolor reddish brown with green apex then thinned and again wide at the concave apex of 1 5 cm long with sessile anthers at the concave apex of the petals long style red bulky and oblique stigma The fruit is a woody dark brown follicle 3 5 4 0 cm wide and 1 cm long made up by two valves thin pedicellate like a peduncle downwards upwards prolonged at the style it has many imbricate seeds winged and truncated at the tip 1 5 cm wide and 0 5 mm Taxonomy EditAntonio Jose Cavanilles described the species The genus name Lomatia comes from the Greek lomas because of the seed s edge and ferruginea from Latin meaning ferrous or rusty referring to the reddish brown color in new buds Cultivation and uses Edit nbsp 1907 illustration Curtis s botanical magazineThe wood is valued for its grain and is much used in carpentry It is highly valued as an ornamental tree in Chile It has been planted in Scotland 2 and in the Faroe Islands where it regularly self seeds 3 External links Edit Prance G 2020 Lomatia ferruginea IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2020 e T113179050A113310323 doi 10 2305 IUCN UK 2020 1 RLTS T113179050A113310323 en Retrieved 27 November 2022 Lomatia ferruginea The plant press Archived from the original on 2009 11 14 Retrieved 2010 04 01 Kunning um vidarvokstur Lomatia ferruginea Enciclopedia de la Flora Chilena Retrieved 2010 03 28 Lomatia ferruginea Chilebosque Retrieved 2010 03 28 Lomatia ferruginea Patagonian plants Retrieved 2010 04 01 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Lomatia ferruginea amp oldid 1124170958, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
