Nothofagus antarctica

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Common name

Antarctic beech

Family

Nothofagaceae

Authority

Nothofagus antarctica (G.Forst.) Oerst.

Flora category

Vascular – Exotic

Structural class

Trees & Shrubs - Dicotyledons

Etymology

nothofagus: The Latin name for a European beech tree, possibly derived from the Greek phago ‘to eat’ and notho- ‘false, a prefix used specifically with generic names.

antarctica: Antarctic