Pullea (plant)
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''Pullea'' is a genus of trees of the family
Cunoniaceae Cunoniaceae is a family of 27 genera and about 335 species of woody plants in the order Oxalidales, mostly found in the tropical and wet temperate regions of the Southern Hemisphere. The greatest diversity of genera are in Australia and Tasmania ...
, with species found growing naturally in
New Guinea New Guinea (; Hiri Motu: ''Niu Gini''; , fossilized , also known as Papua or historically ) is the List of islands by area, world's second-largest island, with an area of . Located in Melanesia in the southwestern Pacific Ocean, the island is ...
,
Fiji Fiji, officially the Republic of Fiji, is an island country in Melanesia, part of Oceania in the South Pacific Ocean. It lies about north-northeast of New Zealand. Fiji consists of an archipelago of more than 330 islands—of which about ...
, and the wet tropical rainforests of north eastern
Queensland Queensland ( , commonly abbreviated as Qld) is a States and territories of Australia, state in northeastern Australia, and is the second-largest and third-most populous state in Australia. It is bordered by the Northern Territory, South Austr ...
, Australia. Three species are accepted. * '' Pullea glabra'' – Fiji, New Guinea, and possibly Morotai in the Maluku Islands * '' Pullea mollis'' – eastern New Guinea * '' Pullea stutzeri'' – Queensland wet tropical rainforests endemic, Australia


References


Australian Plant Name Index (APNI): ''Pullea''


Oxalidales genera Taxa described in 1914 Taxa named by Rudolf Schlechter {{Oxalidales-stub