''Nothofagus aequilateralis'' 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, found across southern South America (Chile, Argentina) and east and southeast Australia, New Zealand, New Guin ...

. It is

endemic Endemism is the state of a species being found only 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 foun ...

New Caledonia New Caledonia ( ; ) is a group of islands in the southwest Pacific Ocean, southwest of Vanuatu and east of Australia. Located from Metropolitan France, it forms a Overseas France#Sui generis collectivity, ''sui generis'' collectivity of t ...

. It grows in the southern end of the island from 160 to 1,150 meters elevation, often on ridge tops.

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Nothofagaceae Endemic flora of New Caledonia Plants described in 1954 Taxa named by Cornelis Gijsbert Gerrit Jan van Steenis {{Fagales-stub