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Lithraea caustica, the Glossary

Lithraea caustica (commonly known as the litre tree, and historically as llithi or liti) is a species of flowering plants in the soapberry family Anacardiaceae.^[1]

27 relations: Allergen, Anacardiaceae, Austral thrush, Beetle, Binomial nomenclature, Burl, Cellulose, Cerro La Campana, Chile, Chilean mockingbird, Endemism, Flowering plant, George A. Walker Arnott, Internet Archive, Itch, La Campana National Park, Lignin, Louis Feuillée, Matorral, Mediterranean climate, Poison ivy, Poison oak, Rufous-tailed plantcutter, South American fox, Species, Urushiol, William Jackson Hooker.
Flora of the Chilean Matorral
Flora of the Valdivian temperate forests
Lithraea
Taxa named by George Arnott Walker Arnott

Allergen

An allergen is a type of antigen that produces an abnormally vigorous immune response in which the immune system fights off a perceived threat that would otherwise be harmless to the body.

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Anacardiaceae

The Anacardiaceae, commonly known as the cashew family or sumac family, are a family of flowering plants, including about 83 genera with about 860 known species.

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Austral thrush

The austral thrush (Turdus falcklandii) is a medium-sized thrush from southern South America.

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Beetle

Beetles are insects that form the order Coleoptera, in the superorder Holometabola.

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In taxonomy, binomial nomenclature ("two-term naming system"), also called binary nomenclature, is a formal system of naming species of living things by giving each a name composed of two parts, both of which use Latin grammatical forms, although they can be based on words from other languages.

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Burl

A burl (American English) or burr (British English) is a tree growth in which the grain has grown in a deformed manner.

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Cellulose

Cellulose is an organic compound with the formula, a polysaccharide consisting of a linear chain of several hundred to many thousands of β(1→4) linked D-glucose units.

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Cerro La Campana

Cerro la Campana, the Bell mountain, is a mountain in La Campana National Park in central Chile.

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Chile

Chile, officially the Republic of Chile, is a country in western South America.

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Chilean mockingbird

The Chilean mockingbird (Mimus thenca), locally known as tenca, is a species of bird in the family Mimidae.

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Endemism

Endemism is the state of a species only 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 elsewhere.

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Flowering plant

Flowering plants are plants that bear flowers and fruits, and form the clade Angiospermae, commonly called angiosperms.

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George A. Walker Arnott

George Arnott Walker Arnott of Arlary (6 February 1799 – 17 April 1868) was a Scottish botanist.

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Internet Archive

The Internet Archive is an American nonprofit digital library founded in 1996 by Brewster Kahle.

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Itch

An itch (also known as pruritus) is a sensation that causes a strong desire or reflex to scratch.

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La Campana National Park

La Campana National Park is in the Cordillera de la Costa, Quillota Province, in the Valparaíso Region of Chile.

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Lignin

Lignin is a class of complex organic polymers that form key structural materials in the support tissues of most plants.

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Louis Feuillée

Louis Éconches Feuillée (sometimes spelled Feuillet) (1660, Mane, Alpes-de-Haute-Provence – 18 April 1732) was a French member of the Order of the Minims, explorer, astronomer, geographer, and botanist.

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Matorral

Springtime in Chilean matorral a few kilometers north of Santiago along the Pan-American Highway Matorral is a Spanish word, along with tomillares, for shrubland, thicket or bushes.

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Mediterranean climate

A Mediterranean climate, also called a dry summer climate, described by Köppen as Cs, is a temperate climate type that occurs in the lower mid-latitudes (normally 30 to 44 north and south latitude).

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Poison ivy

Poison ivy is a type of allergenic plant in the genus Toxicodendron native to Asia and North America.

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Poison oak

Poison oak refers to two plant species in the genus Toxicodendron, both of which can cause skin irritation.

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Rufous-tailed plantcutter

The rufous-tailed plantcutter (Phytotoma rara), sometimes called the Chilean plantcutter, is a passerine bird of southern South America, now placed in the cotinga family.

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South American fox

The South American foxes (Lycalopex), commonly called raposa in Portuguese, or zorro in Spanish, are a genus from South America of the subfamily Caninae.

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Species

A species (species) is often defined as the largest group of organisms in which any two individuals of the appropriate sexes or mating types can produce fertile offspring, typically by sexual reproduction.

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Urushiol

Urushiol is an oily mixture of organic compounds with allergenic properties found in plants of the family Anacardiaceae, especially Toxicodendron spp. (e.g., poison oak, Chinese lacquer tree, poison ivy, poison sumac), ''Comocladia spp.'' (maidenplums), ''Metopium spp''.

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William Jackson Hooker

Sir William Jackson Hooker (6 July 178512 August 1865) was an English botanist and botanical illustrator, who became the first director of Kew when in 1841 it was recommended to be placed under state ownership as a botanic garden.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lithraea_caustica

Also known as Lithraea venenosa.