''Porlieria chilensis'' is a plant that occurs in South America. In fact, all genus members are small trees or shrubs found on the South American continent. An example occurrence of ''P. chilensis'' is in the arid forested area of central

Chile Chile, officially the Republic of Chile, is a country in the western part of South America. It is the southernmost country in the world, and the closest to Antarctica, occupying a long and narrow strip of land between the Andes to the east a ...

, where it occurs in association with the

endangered An endangered species is a species that is very likely to become extinct in the near future, either worldwide or in a particular political jurisdiction. Endangered species may be at risk due to factors such as habitat loss, poaching and inva ...

Chilean wine palm, ''

Jubaea chilensis ''Jubaea'' is a genus of palms with one species, ''Jubaea chilensis'' or ''Jubaea spectabilis'', commonly known in English as the Chilean wine palm or Chile cocopalm, and palma chilena in Spanish. It is native to southwestern South America and i ...

''.C. Michael Hogan. 2008

References

* C. Michael Hogan. 2008
''Chilean Wine Palm: Jubaea chilensis'', GlobalTwitcher.com, ed. Nicklas Stromberg
* Samuel James Record and Clayton Dissinger Mell. 1924. ''Timbers of Tropical America'', Yale university press, 610 pages * (Spanish)

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chilensis Trees of Chile Drought-tolerant trees {{rosid-stub