Laureliopsis

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Magnoliids
Ordo: Laurales

Familia: Atherospermataceae
Genus: Laureliopsis
Species: L. philippiana
Name

Laureliopsis Schodde Parodiana 2(2): 298. (1983)

monotypic taxon

References

Schodde, R. 1983. Parodiana 2(2): 298.

Links

Hassler, M. 2019. Laureliopsis. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2019. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2019 Apr. 05. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2016 Sept.3. Laureliopsis. Published online. Accessed: {{{3}}} 2016 Sept.3.
Renner, S.S., Foreman, D.B. & Murray, D. 2000. Timing transantarctic disjunctions in the Atherospermataceae (Laurales): evidence from coding and noncoding chloroplast sequences. Systematic Biology 49(3): 579-591. DOI: 10.1080/10635159950127402 Full text PDF Reference page.
Tropicos.org 2016. Laureliopsis. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 3 Sept. 2016.
Laureliopsis is a genus of flowering plants with just one species, Laureliopsis philippiana, known as tepa and wawán, endemic to Chile and the narrow neighboring strip of Argentina (35 to 45°S). In Chile it is found from Maule to Aysén. It grows on humid and deep soils.
Contents

1 Description
2 Uses
3 Etymology
4 External links

Description

Laureliopsis philippiana is an evergreen tree up to 30 m (100 ft) tall and 1.4 m (55 in) in diameter, with thin bark, and aromatic wood, and a superficial resemblance to Bay Laurel. The leaves are aromatic, oblong, attenuate at the base, 4.9 long and 1.5–4 cm wide, glossy, leathery, the midrib with yellow hairs, the edges are heavily toothed in the two upper thirds, every tooth ends in a small point. The flowers are hermaphrodite or unisexual, they are small about 5–6 mm long, reddish-green, arranged in racemes, the peduncles are hairy about 2–3 mm long, flowers with bell-shaped perianth split in 7-9 petals more or less equal, hairy outside, 4 stamens and 8-20 staminodes, several carpels, the style is feathery with terminal stigma. The fruit is an achene almost oval, crowned by the perianth, about 1-1.3 cm long, formed by the perigonium that wraps several carpels, hairy, dark brown, spindle-shaped seeds, about 0.8-1.2 cm long, with the style covered by hairs about 5–6 mm long.
Uses

The wood is used in construction, however it rots when exposed to outdoors moisture. It has been planted in Spain.[1]
Etymology
The name Laureliopsis indicates the superficial similarity of the plant to Laurus. Phillippiana honors Rodolfo Armando Philippi, a German-Chilean naturalist.