Astelia pumila

Astelia pumila
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Monocots
Order:	Asparagales
Family:	Asteliaceae
Genus:	Astelia
Species:	A. pumila
Binomial name
	Astelia pumila; (J.R.Forst.) Gaudich.
Synonyms
	Melanthium pumilum J.R.Forst.

Astelia pumila is a species of flowering plant in the recently named family Asteliaceae. It is an evergreen silver-green perennial from western Patagonia in southern Chile and nearby areas of Argentina. It grows in forests as well as wetlands.^[1] The plant is, together with Donatia fascicularis, dominant in the cushion bogs that exists in areas exposed to the Pacific coast.^[2] As such it does not usually found together with Sphagnum which tend to grow slightly more inland.^[2] Localities where the plant is found include, from north to south; Queulat National Park, Chonos Archipelago, Taitao Peninsula, San Rafael Lake, the vicinities of Caleta Tortel and Tierra del Fuego National Park.^[1]^[3]

References[]

^ ^a ^b ^c "Astelia pumila". Sistema de Información de Biodiversidad (in Spanish). Administración de Parques Nacionales. Retrieved January 23, 2019.
^ ^a ^b Luebert, Federico; Pliscoff, Patricio (2017) [2006]. Sinopsis bioclimática y vegetacional de Chile (in Spanish) (2nd ed.). Santiago de Chile: Editorial Universitaria. p. 209. ISBN 978-956-11-2575-9.
^ "Astelia pumila (J.R.Forst.) Gaudich". Sistema de Información en Biodiversidad para Aysén (in Spanish). University of Magallanes. Retrieved January 23, 2019.

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