Sextonia

Genus of plants

Sextonia

Scientific classification
Kingdom:  | Plantae
Clade:  | Tracheophytes
Clade:  | Angiosperms
Clade:  | Magnoliids
Order:  | Laurales
Family:  | Lauraceae
Genus:  | Sextonia
van der Werff
Sextonia rubra wood - MHNT

Sextonia is a neotropical genus of plants in the family Lauraceae, native to South America.[1] There are two species. They grow in moist forest from 900 to 1600 m.[citation needed]

The flowers are hermaphrodite.[2] Occurring in Northern South America: Bolivia, Peru, Colombia, Ecuador, Venezuela, Guyana, Surinam, French Guiana and Brazil: in the river valleys of Amapa, Maranhao and Para. In the Caribbean area: Trinidad and Tobago.

## Species

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The genus contains the following species:

* Sextonia rubra, common name red louro[3]
* Sextonia pubescens

## References

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1. ^ Henk van der Werff (1997). "Sextonia, a New Genus of Lauraceae from South America". Novon. 7 (4): 436–439\. doi:10.2307/3391778. JSTOR 3391778. S2CID 87463936.
2. ^ V. Veron, H. Caron and B. Degen (2005). "Gene flow and mating system of the tropical tree Sextonia rubra" (PDF). Silvae Genetica. 54 (6): 275–280\. doi:10.1515/sg-2005-0040. S2CID 91045719.
3. ^ "Sextonia rubra". Germplasm Resources Information Network. Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture. Retrieved 23 January 2018.

Taxon identifiers

Sextonia|

* Wikidata: Q7458618
* Wikispecies: Sextonia (Lauraceae)
* CoL: 7G7W
* EoL: 5402347
* GBIF: 3234674
* GRIN: 18950
* IPNI: 999502-1
* IRMNG: 1312695
* NCBI: 121079
* Open Tree of Life: 218926
* POWO: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:999502-1
* Tropicos: 50109309
* WFO: wfo-4000035221

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