Quiina

Quiina guianensis

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Malpighiales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Cladus: Rosids Cladus: Eurosids I Ordo: Malpighiales

Familia: Ochnaceae
Subfamilia: Quiinoideae
Genus: Quiina

Name

Quiina Aubl., Hist. Pl. Guiane 2(suppl.): 19, t. 379. 1775.

• Type species: Quiina guianensis Aubl., Hist. Pl. Guiane 2(suppl.): 19. 1775.

Overview of species

Accepted species

Q. amazonica – Q. berryi – Q. blackii – Q. brevensis – Q. cidiana – Q. congesta – Q. cruegeriana – Q. duckei – Q. florida – Q. gentryi – Q. glaziovii – Q. grandifolia – Q. guianensis – Q. indigofera – Q. integrifolia – Q. jamaicensis – Q. juruana – Q. klugii – Q. lanceolata – Q. leptoclada – Q. longifolia – Q. macrophylla – Q. magallano-gomesii – Q. maguirei – Q. maracaensis – Q. negrensis – Q. obovata – Q. oiapocensis – Q. paraensis – Q. parvifolia – Q. piresii – Q. pteridophylla – Q. pubescens – Q. rhytidopus – Q. sessilis – Q. tinifolia – Q. ulei – Q. wurdackii – Q. yatuensis – Q. zamorensis

Source(s) of checklist:
Govaerts, R. et al. 2024. Quiina in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2024 August 24. Reference page. .

Synonyms

• Heterotypic
  • Macrodendron Taub. in Beibl. Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 27: 19 (1890)
  • Robinsonia Scop. in Intr. Hist. Nat.: 218 (1777)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Southern America' Regional: Tropical South America Belize, Bolivia, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Honduras, Jamaica, Nicaragua, Panamá, Peru, Suriname, Trinidad-Tobago, Venezuela References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Fusée Aublet, J.B.C. 1775. Histoire des plantes de la Guiane françoise, rangées suivant la méthode sexuelle, avec plusieurs mémoires sur différens objets intéressans, relatifs à la culture & au commerce de la Guiane françoise, & une notice des plantes de l' Isle-de-France. Tome 1. Pp. I–XXIX, 30–32, 1–621. Pierre-François Didot jeune, Londres [London], Paris. BHL. Reference page. : 19, t. 379.

Additional references

• Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & Strong, M.T. 2012. Ochnaceae. In Catalogue of seed plants of the West Indies. Smithsonian Contributions to Botany 98: 614–615. DOI: 10.5479/si.0081024X.98.1 BHL Reference page. 
• Fawcett, W. & Rendle, A.B. 1926. Family LXXIII. Quiinaceae. Pp. 203–205 in Flora of Jamaica, containing descriptions of the flowering plants known from the Island, Vol. 5, Dicotyledons, families Buxaceae to Umbelliferae. British Museum, London. BHL Reference page. 
• Hahn, W.J. 2001. Quiinaceae Choisy ex Engl. Pp. 2187–2188 in Stevens, W.D., Ulloa Ulloa, C., Pool, A. & Montiel, O.M. (eds.), Flora de Nicaragua, Vol. 3, Angiospermas (Pandanaceae–Zygophyllaceae). (Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 85). Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis. Online Reference page. 
• Macbride, J.F. 1956. Quiinaceae. In Flora of Peru. Publications of the Field Museum of Natural History, Botanical Series 13(3A/2): 717–726. BHL Reference page. 
• Morales, J.F. 2014. Quiinaceae. Pp. 401–403 in Hammel, B.E., Grayum, M.H., Herrera, C. & Zamora, N. (eds.), Manual de plantas de Costa Rica, Vol. VII, Dicotiledóneas (Picramniaceae–Rutaceae). Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis. ISBN 978-1-930723-56-6. Reference page. 
• Schneider, J. 1998. El género Quiina (Quiinaceae) con especial referencia a las especies de Venezuela. Acta Botanica Venezuelica 21(1): 1–74. JSTOR Reference page. 
• Schneider, J.V. 2004. Sinopsis del género Quiina Aubl. (Quiinaceae) para el Péru. Arnaldoa 11(1): 45–74. BHL Reference page. 
• Schneider, J.V. & Zizka, G. 2004. Quiinaceae. Pp. 393–407 in Steyermark, J.A. (†), Berry, P.E., Yatskievych, K. & Holst, B.K. (eds.), Flora of the Venezuelan Guayana, Vol. 8, Poaceae–Rubiaceae. Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis. ISBN 1-930723-36-9. Reference page. 
• Schneider, J.V. & Zizka, G. 2007. Quiinaceae. In Funk, V., Hollowell, T., Berry, P., Kelloff, C. & Alexander, S.N., Checklist of the plants of the Guiana Shield (Venezuela: Amazonas, Bolivar, Delta Amacuro; Guyana, Surinam, French Guiana). Contributions from the United States National Herbarium 55: 475. BHL Reference page. 

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2024. Quiina in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2024 August 24. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2014. Quiina. Published online. Accessed: 21 September 2014.
• Farr, E.R. & Zijlstra, G. (eds.) 1996 onwards. Quiina in Index Nominum Genericorum (Plantarum). Accessed: 2014 July 29.
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Quiina in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 2014-09-21.
• Tropicos.org 40021827. 21. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: September 2014 40021827.
• Tropicos.org: Flora Mesoamericana: Quiina. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 28 March 2015.
• Tropicos.org: Catalogue of the Vascular Plants of the Department of Antioquia (Colombia): Quiina. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 28 March 2015.
• Tropicos.org: Catalogue of the Vascular Plants of Ecuador: Quiina. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 28 March 2015.
• Tropicos.org: Peru Checklist: Quiina. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 26 March 2015.
• Tropicos.org: Bolivia Catalogue: Quiina. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 26 March 2015.
• Quiina in Flora do Brasil 2020 em construção. Jardim Botânico do Rio de Janeiro. Accessed: 24 February 2016.

Vernacular names

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