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Taxon:  Nothofagus alpina (Poepp. & Endl.) Oerst.



Summary
Genus:
Nothofagus
Subgenus:
Lophozonia
Family:
Nothofagaceae
Nomen number:
401406
Place of publication:
Bidr. Egefam. 24. 1871; Kongel. Danske Vidensk. Selsk. Skr., Naturvidensk. Math. Afd. ser. 5, 9:354. 1873
Verified:
03/09/1995 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
0 (0  active, 0  available) in Australian Pastures Genebank. 
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Basionym
Fagus alpina Poepp. & Endl.

Homotypic Synonym(s)
Lophozonia alpina (Poepp. & Endl.) Heenan & Smissen

Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Fagus nervosa Phil.
Fagus procera Poepp. & Endl.
Nothofagus nervosa (Phil.) Krasser
Nothofagus procera Oerst.
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Reference(s)
  1. Botanical Society of the British Isles. BSBI taxon database (on-line resource).
  2. Boutelje, J. B. Encyclopedia of world timbers, names and technical literature. 1980
  3. Correa, M. N. Flora patagonica. 1969-
  4. Erhardt, W. et al. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 17. Auflage. 2002
  5. Govaerts, R. & D. G. Frodin. World checklist and bibliography of Fagales. 1998
  6. Heenan, P. B. & R. D. Smissen. 2013. Revised circumscription of Nothofagus and recognition of the segregate genera Fuscospora, Lophozonia, and Trisyngyne (Nothofagaceae). Phytotaxa 146:15.
  7. Huxley, A., ed. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening. 1992
  8. International Seed Testing Association. A Multilingual Glossary of Common Plant-Names 2. Trees. 1971
  9. Krüssmann, G. Manual of cultivated broad-leaved trees and shrubs (English translation of Handbuch der Laubgehölze. 1976). 1984
  10. Marticorena, C. & M. Quezada. Catalogo de la flora vascular de Chile. 1985
  11. Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. Flora europaea, second edition. 1993
  12. Walters, S. M. et al., eds. European garden flora. 1986-
Common names
English
rauli –
rauli beech –
German
Rauli-Scheinbuche –
Italian
notofago pubescente –
Spanish
raulí –
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNote
1NativeSouthern AmericaSouthern South AmericaArgentinaNeuquen 
1NativeSouthern AmericaSouthern South AmericaChile  
2Cultivated     
Native
Southern America
  • SOUTHERN SOUTH AMERICA: Argentina [Neuquen], Chile
Cultivated ()
Economic Uses
UsageTypeNoteReference
Environmentalornamental Huxley, A., ed. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening. 1992
Materialswood Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. Flora europaea, second edition. 1993
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2025. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://apg.pir.sa.gov.au/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=401406. Accessed 29 October 2025.


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