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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.

Species

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

External links

• Data related to Quintinia at Wikispecies