Azorella ruiziiG.M.Plunkett & A.N.Nicolas

WFO wfo-0001330637 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC BY / CC BY-SA

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 8 separate observations

Azorella ruizii, photographed by Nicolás Lavandero
fig. a Nicolás Lavandero, CC BY 4.0 / 2022-01-20 / obs. 179212641
Azorella ruizii, photographed by Darío De la Fuente
fig. b Darío De la Fuente, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 174772406
Azorella ruizii, photographed by Nicolás Villaseca Merino
fig. c Nicolás Villaseca Merino, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 162701249
Azorella ruizii, photographed by Aira Francisca Faúndez Fallau
fig. d Aira Francisca Faúndez Fallau, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 60918154
Azorella ruizii, photographed by Matt Berger
fig. e Matt Berger, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 58070842
Azorella ruizii, photographed by Matt Berger
fig. f Matt Berger, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 57980385
Azorella ruizii, photographed by Matt Berger
fig. g Matt Berger, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 57974635
Azorella ruizii, photographed by Matt Berger
fig. h Matt Berger, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 57973885

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Native range 3 botanical countries

Regions where Azorella ruizii is native: Argentina Northwest, Chile Central, Chile North Argentina NorthwestChile CentralChile North
Native distribution of Azorella ruizii, after Kew’s World Checklist of Vascular Plants. Introduced, extinct and doubtful records are excluded, so this is where the plant is from, not everywhere it now grows.
RegionTDWG codeContinent
Argentina Northwest AGW SOUTHERN AMERICA
Chile Central CLC
Chile North CLN

Region boundaries approximated from Natural Earth (public domain) and mapped to TDWG World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions (WGSRPD) level-3 botanical countries (Brummitt 2001). Indicative, not the official WGSRPD geometry.

Also published as 3 synonyms

A synonym is not an error. It is a record of botanists disagreeing, in print, about where this plant belongs. Each of these was somebody’s considered answer.

  • Laretia acaulis Gillies & Hook.
  • Mulinum acaule Pers.
  • Selinum acaule Cav.

Sourcesevery claim on this page

  1. World Flora Online Plant List. accepted name, authority, classification. CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-12.
  2. iNaturalist. photographs and flowering annotations, CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA only. per photograph. Retrieved 2026-06-27.
  3. Kew, World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP v16). native distribution by TDWG level-3 botanical country, and life form. CC BY 3.0. Retrieved 2026-06-04.

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