The species is partially protected within Chile, although pressures of
human population growth and expansion of grazing areas have reduced the population of the Chilean wine palm in recent centuries. The collection of its seed and their predation by
common degu may also have a negative impact for the growth of new generations of
Jubea. The
IUCN Red List considers the palm
Endangered. A recent study concluded that predation of the fruits by humans, the seeds by the exotic rat (
Rattus rattus) and the young seedlings by exotic rabbits is leading to seed dispersal collapse of this species, leaving it at risk of extinction in its natural habitat. Fruit harvesting by people is shown to be unsustainable and is also a major threat to this endangered species. Analysis of tooth residue of the extinct
gomphothere (elephant relative)
Notiomastodon platensis, which became extinct around 12,000 years ago as part of the
end-Pleistocene extinction event, found that it consumed Chilean wine palm fruit and probably acted as a seed disperser for the species, suggesting that the dispersal ability of Chilean wine palm had already been impacted prior to modern times. File:Jubaea chilensis - quebrada 7 hermanas - Incendio Palmar El Salto, Viña del Mar, febrero 2012 por Pato Novoa 001.jpg|
J. chilensis growing in habitat in Palmar El Salto, Viña del Mar, Chile File:Jubaea chilensis - Palmar El Salto 136 (14476062262).jpg|
J. chilensis growing in habitat in Palmar El Salto, Viña del Mar, Chile File:Quebrada Rodelillo (4984832159).jpg|
J. chilensis growing in habitat in Quebrada Rodelillo, Chile ==Taxonomy==