Biology:Sextonia
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Short description: Genus of plants
| Sextonia | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Magnoliids |
| Order: | Laurales |
| Family: | Lauraceae |
| Genus: | Sextonia van der Werff |
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
The genus contains the following species:
- Sextonia rubra, common name red louro[3]
- Sextonia pubescens
References
- ↑ Henk van der Werff (1997). "Sextonia, a New Genus of Lauraceae from South America". Novon 7 (4): 436–439. doi:10.2307/3391778. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/part/27049.
- ↑ V. Veron, H. Caron and B. Degen (2005). "Gene flow and mating system of the tropical tree Sextonia rubra". Silvae Genetica 54 (6): 275–280. doi:10.1515/sg-2005-0040. http://literatur.vti.bund.de/digbib_extern/dk039017.pdf.
- ↑ {{citation | mode = cs1 | title = Sextonia rubra | work = Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN) | url = https://npgsweb.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxonomydetail.aspx?418733 | publisher = [[Organization:Agricultural Research ServAgricultural Research Service (ARS), United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) | access-date = 23 January 2018 }}
Wikidata ☰ Q7458618 entry
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