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Greigia landbeckii (Lechl. ex Phil.) Phil.

Publ: Cat. Pl. Vasc. Chil. 278 (1881)

Type: CHILE. Valdivia: near Colico, February 1855, Lechler 3098 (Holotype: unknown, see note below; lsotypes: GFW, GOET K IF, FR, GH, MO, NY photo], O n. v. [WU photocopy], S, W n.v [F photo]).

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Distribution: CHILE;

Habitat: Terrestrial, in shady, humid areas. Found in the Valdivian rain forest of the coastal ranges of the province Valdivia and in Chiloe island (lowland) forests, 54--600 m alt. Donoso et al. (1985) report the species as undergrowth in virgin Eucryphia cordifolia--Laurelia phillipiana forest on Chiloe.

Phenology: Reported to fruit in February. Armesta and Rozzi (1989) observed the seeds of G. landbeckii to be ornithochorous.

Greigia landbeckii