Fontainea

Fontainea

Taxobox
name = "Fontainea"
regnum = Plantae
divisio = Magnoliophyta
classis = Magnoliopsida
ordo = Malpighiales
familia = Euphorbiaceae
subfamilia = Crotonoideae
tribus = Codiaeae
genus = "Fontainea"
genus_authority = Heckel
type_species = "Fontainea pancheri"
type_species_authority = (Baill.) Heckel
subdivision_ranks = Species
subdivision =
*"Fontainea australis"
*"Fontainea borealis"
*"Fontainea oraria"
*"Fontainea pancheri"
*"Fontainea subpapuana"et al.

"Fontainea" is a genus of plants under the family Euphorbiaceae. It comprises 9 species, found from Australia (6 spp.), New Caledonia and Vanuatu (1 sp.), and Papua New Guinea (2 spp.).

One species, "F. oraria", the coast fontainea, is known only from 10 living plants growing on private property near Lennox Heads in northern New South Wales, Australia. Its status is highly endangered.

External links

* [http://www.rainforestpublishing.com.au/library%20images/Rainforest/Fontainea%20oraria%202.jpgPhotograph of F. oraria, leaves and fruit]


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