{{Short description|Genus of plants}} {{Automatic taxobox |image = |image_caption = |taxon = Sextonia |authority = van der Werff }} [[File:Sextonia rubra MHNT.BOT.2010.6.34.jpg|thumb|''Sextonia rubra'' wood - MHNT]]
'''''Sextonia''''' is a neotropical genus of plants in the family Lauraceae, native to South America.<ref>{{cite journal|title=''Sextonia'', a New Genus of Lauraceae from South America |author=Henk van der Werff|journal=Novon|volume=7|issue=4|year=1997|pages=436–439|doi=10.2307/3391778|jstor=3391778 |s2cid=87463936 |url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/part/27049 }}</ref> There are two species. They grow in moist forest from 900 to 1600 m.{{citation needed|date=October 2012}}
The flowers are hermaphrodite.<ref>{{cite journal|url=http://literatur.vti.bund.de/digbib_extern/dk039017.pdf|title=Gene flow and mating system of the tropical tree ''Sextonia rubra''|author=V. Veron, H. Caron and B. Degen|journal=Silvae Genetica|volume=54|issue=6|year=2005|pages=275–280|doi=10.1515/sg-2005-0040|s2cid=91045719|doi-access=free}}</ref> 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:<ref name = powo>{{cite web |title=''Sextonia'' van der Werff |url=https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:999502-1 |website=Plants of the World Online |publisher=Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew |access-date=20 May 2026}}</ref> * ''Sextonia pubescens'' {{small|van der Werff}} * ''Sextonia rubra'' {{small|(Mez) van der Werff}}, common name red louro<ref>{{GRIN | ''Sextonia rubra'' | 418733 | accessdate = 23 January 2018}}</ref>
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Category:Lauraceae genera Category:Flora of Southern America Category:Lauraceae
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