Sextonia

Sextonia
Scientific classification
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.

Sextonia rubra wood - MHNT

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. JSTOR 3391778.
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.
"Sextonia rubra". Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN). Agricultural Research Service (ARS), United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). Retrieved 23 January 2018.

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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.

[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 (GRIN). Agricultural Research Service (ARS), United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). Retrieved 23 January 2018.