Quintinia

Quintinia
Quintinia serrata
Systematics
Nuclear eudicotyledons Asterids Euasterids II Order : Paracryphiales Family : Paracryphiaceae Genre : Quintinia
Scientific name
Quintinia
A.DC.

Quintinia is a genus of plants inthe Paracryphiaceae family . The species of this genus occur in the southwestern Pacific region : from the Philippines via New Guinea , Australia (around four species), New Zealand (around three species) to New Caledonia (six species). The genus includes about 14 to 25 species . The generic name honors the French lawyer and gardener Jean-Baptiste de La Quintinie (1626–1688).

description

The Quintinia species are evergreen shrubs or trees . The alternate and spirally arranged, stalked, simple leaves have a smooth, serrated or serrated edge . Stipules are missing.

There are terminal or axillary racemose or spiked inflorescences formed. The hermaphrodite, radially symmetrical flowers are five-fold . The five sepals are fused in the lower half. The five petals are free or fused. There is only one circle with five free stamens . Three to five carpels have become an under constant ovary grown. The style is long and the stigma is three- to five-lobed. They form three to five-fold capsule fruits .

Systematics

The classification of the genus Quintinia was controversial. They were placed among the Saxifragaceae or Escalloniaceae , for example . Today it is part of the Paracryphiaceae family .

Quintinia sieberi

Types (selection)

The genus Quintinia includes about 14 to 25 species :

• Quintinia altigena Schltr. : The home is New Guinea.
• Quintinia fawkneri F. Muell. : The home is Australia.
• Quintinia lanceolata Schltr. : The home is New Guinea.
• Quintinia ledermannii Schltr. : The home is Indonesia.
• Quintinia major (Baill.) Schltr. : The home is New Caledonia.
• Quintinia media (Baill.) Guillaumin : Home is New Caledonia.
• Quintinia minor (Baill.) Schltr. : The home is New Caledonia.
• Quintinia oreophila (Schltr.) Schltr. : The home is New Caledonia.
• Quintinia parviflora (Schltr.) Schltr. : The home is New Caledonia.
• Quintinia quatrefagesii F. Muell. : The home is Australia.
• Quintinia resinosa (Schltr.) Schltr. : The home is New Caledonia.
• Quintinia serrata A. Cunn. ( Syn .: Quintinia acutifolia Kirk , Quintinia elliptica Hook. F. ): The home is Australia. It has the number of chromosomes 2n = 44.
• Quintinia sieberi A.DC. : The home is Australia.
• Quintinia verdonii F. Muell. : The home is Australia.

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• The genus Quintinia in New South Wales Flora Online. (engl.)
• The genus Quintinia in the Flora of New Zealand. (engl.)
• The Quintinia in the Paracryphiaceae family on the AP website - Angiosperm Phylogeny website.
• Australian Plant Names Index.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Lotte Burkhardt: Directory of eponymous plant names . Extended Edition. Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum Berlin, Free University Berlin Berlin 2018. [1]
2. ↑ The Quintiniaceae Family in the New South Wales Flora Online. (engl.)
3. ↑ Quintinia serrata at Tropicos.org. In: IPCN Chromosome Reports . Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis

Web links

Commons : Quintinia  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Entry at GRIN.