''Quintinia'' is a genus of about 25

evergreen In botany, an evergreen is a plant which has Leaf, foliage that remains green and functional throughout the year. This contrasts with deciduous plants, which lose their foliage completely during the winter or dry season. Consisting of many diffe ...

trees and shrubs native to the

Philippines The Philippines, officially the Republic of the Philippines, is an Archipelagic state, archipelagic country in Southeast Asia. Located in the western Pacific Ocean, it consists of List of islands of the Philippines, 7,641 islands, with a tot ...

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 ...

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New Caledonia New Caledonia ( ; ) is a group of islands in the southwest Pacific Ocean, southwest of Vanuatu and east of Australia. Located from Metropolitan France, it forms a Overseas France#Sui generis collectivity, ''sui generis'' collectivity of t ...

Vanuatu Vanuatu ( or ; ), officially the Republic of Vanuatu (; ), is an island country in Melanesia located in the South Pacific Ocean. The archipelago, which is of volcanic origin, is east of northern Australia, northeast of New Caledonia, east o ...

and

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. Plants have alternate leaves. White or lilac flowers form at the end of stalks or on leaf

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s. 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 Jean-Baptiste de La Quintinie (1 March 1626 – 11 November 1688) was a French lawyer, gardener and agronomist who served under Louis XIV. Named director of the royal fruit and vegetable gardens by the king in 1670, he created between 1678 and 16 ...

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 ''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 ax ...

'' – 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 ''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 ax ...

'' – Papua New Guinea * ''

Quintinia major ''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 ax ...

'' – New Caledonia * ''

Quintinia media ''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 ax ...

'' – New Caledonia and Vanuatu * ''

Quintinia minor ''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 ax ...

'' – New Caledonia * ''

Quintinia montiswilhelmii ''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 ax ...

'' – Papua New Guinea * '' Quintinia nutantifora'' – Papua New Guinea * ''

Quintinia oreophila ''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 ax ...

'' – New Caledonia * '' Quintinia pachyphylla'' – Papua New Guinea * '' Quintinia quatrefagesii'' – northeastern Queensland * '' Quintinia rigida'' – western New Guinea * '' Quintinia schlechterana'' – New Guinea * ''

Quintinia serrata ''Quintinia serrata'', commonly known as tawheowheo, is a species of evergreen tree in the genus ''Quintinia ''Quintinia'' is a genus of about 25 evergreen trees and shrubs native to the Philippines, New Guinea, New Zealand, New Caledonia, Va ...

'' – New Zealand * '' Quintinia sessiliflora'' – New Caledonia * ''

Quintinia sieberi ''Quintinia sieberi'', known as possumwood, is a rainforest tree of eastern Australia. It is mostly found in rainforests at high altitude. The range of natural distribution is between the Clyde River, New South Wales (35° S) and the McPherson R ...

'' – southeastern Queensland and eastern New South Wales * ''

Quintinia verdonii ''Quintinia verdonii'', commonly known as the grey possumwood, is a tree of eastern Australia. It is mostly found in rainforests at high altitude. The range of natural distribution is between the Barrington Tops region of New South Wales and th ...

'' – eastern Australia

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* Asterid genera Paracryphiales Flora of the Australasian realm Taxa named by Alphonse Pyramus de Candolle {{asterid-stub