Quintinia Explained
Quintinia is a genus of about 25 evergreen trees and shrubs native to the Philippines, New Guinea, New Zealand, New Caledonia, Vanuatu and Australia.[1] 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:
- Quintinia altigena – New Guinea
- Quintinia apoensis – Philippines
- Quintinia brassii – New Guinea
- Quintinia elliptica – North Island of New Zealand
- Quintinia epiphytica – Papua New Guinea
- Quintinia fawkneri – northeastern Queensland
- Quintinia hyehenensis – New Caledonia
- Quintinia kuborensis – Papua New Guinea
- Quintinia lanceolata – Papua New Guinea
- Quintinia ledermannii – Papua New Guinea
- Quintinia macgregorii – Papua New Guinea
- Quintinia major – New Caledonia
- Quintinia media – New Caledonia and Vanuatu
- Quintinia minor – New Caledonia
- Quintinia montiswilhelmii – Papua New Guinea
- Quintinia nutantifora – Papua New Guinea
- Quintinia oreophila – New Caledonia
- Quintinia pachyphylla – Papua New Guinea
- Quintinia quatrefagesii – northeastern Queensland
- Quintinia rigida – western New Guinea
- Quintinia schlechterana – New Guinea
- Quintinia serrata – New Zealand
- Quintinia sessiliflora – New Caledonia
- Quintinia sieberi – southeastern Queensland and eastern New South Wales
- Quintinia verdonii – eastern Australia
Notes and References
- Web site: NSW Flora Online. Plant Net. NSW Government. June 15, 2012.
