Quintinia

Quintinia is a genus of about 25 evergreen trees and shrubs native to the Philippines, New Guinea, New Zealand, New Caledonia, Vanuatu and Australia. 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
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Paracryphiales
Family: Paracryphiaceae
Genus: Quintinia
A.DC. (1830)
Species

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Synonyms
  • Curraniodendron Merr. (1910)
  • Dedea Baill. (1879)
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