Quintinia

Summary

Quintinia is a genus of about 25 evergreen trees and shrubs native to the Philippines, New Guinea, New Zealand, New Caledonia, Vanuatu and Australia.[2] Plants have alternate leaves. White or lilac flowers form at the end of stalks or on leaf axils. The fruiting body is a capsule, usually containing a large number of tiny seeds. The genus is named after the gardener Jean-Baptiste de la Quintinie.

Quintinia
Quintinia sieberi
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Paracryphiales
Family: Paracryphiaceae
Genus: Quintinia
A.DC. (1830)
Species

See text

Synonyms[1]
  • Curraniodendron Merr. (1910)
  • Dedea Baill. (1879)

Species edit

There are 25 accepted species:[1]

  • Quintinia altigena Schltr. – New Guinea
  • Quintinia apoensis (Elmer) Schltr. – Philippines
  • Quintinia brassii Reeder – New Guinea
  • Quintinia elliptica Hook.f. – North Island of New Zealand
  • Quintinia epiphytica Mattf. – Papua New Guinea
  • Quintinia fawkneri F.Muell. – northeastern Queensland
  • Quintinia hyehenensis Pillon & Hequet – New Caledonia
  • Quintinia kuborensis P.Royen – Papua New Guinea
  • Quintinia lanceolata Reeder – Papua New Guinea
  • Quintinia ledermannii Schltr. – Papua New Guinea
  • Quintinia macgregorii F.Muell. – Papua New Guinea
  • Quintinia major (Baill.) Schltr. – New Caledonia
  • Quintinia media (Baill.) Guillaumin – New Caledonia and Vanuatu
  • Quintinia minor (Baill.) Schltr. – New Caledonia
  • Quintinia montiswilhelmii P.Royen – Papua New Guinea
  • Quintinia nutantifora Schltr. – Papua New Guinea
  • Quintinia oreophila (Schltr.) Schltr. – New Caledonia
  • Quintinia pachyphylla Schltr. – Papua New Guinea
  • Quintinia quatrefagesii F.Muell. – northeastern Queensland
  • Quintinia rigida Ridl. – western New Guinea
  • Quintinia schlechterana O.C.Schmidt – New Guinea
  • Quintinia serrata A.Cunn. – New Zealand
  • Quintinia sessiliflora Pillon & Hequet – New Caledonia
  • Quintinia sieberi A.DC. – southeastern Queensland and eastern New South Wales
  • Quintinia verdonii F.Muell. – eastern Australia

References edit

  1. ^ a b Quintinia A.DC. Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 29 May 2023.
  2. ^ "NSW Flora Online". Plant Net. NSW Government. Retrieved June 15, 2012.

External links edit

  •   Data related to Quintinia at Wikispecies