''Nothofagus grandis'' is a species of tree in the family

Nothofagaceae ''Nothofagus'', also known as the southern beeches, is a genus of 43 species of trees and shrubs native to the Southern Hemisphere in southern South America (Chile, Argentina) and Australasia (east and southeast Australia, New Zealand, New Gui ...

. It is

endemic Endemism is the state of a species being found in a single defined geographic location, such as an island, state, nation, country or other defined zone; organisms that are indigenous to a place are not endemic to it if they are also found elsew ...

New Guinea New Guinea (; Hiri Motu Hiri Motu, also known as Police Motu, Pidgin Motu, or just Hiri, is a language of Papua New Guinea, which is spoken in surrounding areas of Port Moresby (Capital of Papua New Guinea). It is a simplified version of ...

. It grows in lower montane rain forests from 900 to 1,500 meters elevation.

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Nothofagaceae Endemic flora of New Guinea Flora of the Central Range montane rain forests Plants described in 1952 Taxa named by Cornelis Gijsbert Gerrit Jan van Steenis {{Fagales-stub