# Sextonia

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{{Short description|Genus of plants}}
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|taxon = Sextonia
|authority = [van der Werff](/source/Henk_van_der_Werff)
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[[File:Sextonia rubra MHNT.BOT.2010.6.34.jpg|thumb|''Sextonia rubra'' wood - [MHNT](/source/MHNT)]]

'''''Sextonia''''' is a neotropical genus of [plant](/source/plant)s in the family [Lauraceae](/source/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](/source/Plants_of_the_World_Online) |publisher=[Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew](/source/Royal_Botanic_Gardens%2C_Kew) |access-date=20 May 2026}}</ref>
* ''[Sextonia pubescens](/source/Sextonia_pubescens)'' {{small|van der Werff}}
* ''[Sextonia rubra](/source/Sextonia_rubra)'' {{small|(Mez) van der Werff}}, common name red louro<ref>{{GRIN | ''Sextonia rubra'' | 418733 | accessdate = 23 January 2018}}</ref>

==References==
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Category:Lauraceae genera
Category:Flora of Southern America
Category:Lauraceae

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