Cryptocarya alba(Molina) Looser

WFO wfo-0000627756 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC BY / CC BY-SA

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 8 separate observations

Cryptocarya alba, photographed by Cesar Ormazabal
fig. a Cesar Ormazabal, CC BY 4.0 / 2021-11-26 / obs. 172508176
Cryptocarya alba, photographed by Cecilia Briceño
fig. b Cecilia Briceño, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 150372557
Cryptocarya alba, photographed by Cesar Ormazabal
fig. c Cesar Ormazabal, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 168998767
Cryptocarya alba, photographed by Cesar Ormazabal
fig. d Cesar Ormazabal, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 168998787
Cryptocarya alba, photographed by Nicolás Villaseca Merino
fig. e Nicolás Villaseca Merino, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 175047826
Cryptocarya alba, photographed by Darío De la Fuente
fig. f Darío De la Fuente, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 96602436
Cryptocarya alba, photographed by Cristian Riquelme
fig. g Cristian Riquelme, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 62473152
Cryptocarya alba, photographed by Cristian Riquelme
fig. h Cristian Riquelme, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 62474311

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Native range 2 botanical countries

Regions where Cryptocarya alba is native: Chile Central, Chile South Chile CentralChile South
Native distribution of Cryptocarya alba, 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
Chile Central CLC SOUTHERN AMERICA
Chile South CLS

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 18 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.

  • Cryptocarya boldus Pax
  • Cryptocarya laxiflora (Phil. ex Mez) Phil.
  • Cryptocarya mammosa (Molina) Kosterm.
  • Cryptocarya marnmosa (Molina) Kosterm.
  • Cryptocarya peumo (Dombey ex Lam.) Kosterm.
  • Cryptocarya peumus (Molina) Nees
  • Cryptocarya peumus var. laxiflora Phil. ex Mez
  • Cryptocarya peumus var. stenantha (Phil.) Mez
  • Cryptocarya rubra (Molina) Skeels
  • Cryptocarya stenantha Phil.
  • Icosandra rufescens Phil.
  • Laurus peumo Ruiz & Pav.
  • Laurus peumo Dombey ex Lam.
  • Laurus peumus Molina
  • Laurus peumus Miers
  • Peumus alba Molina
  • Peumus mammosa Molina
  • Peumus rubra Molina

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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