Fontainea

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Fontainea

Scientific classification

Kingdom:	Plantae
Division:	Magnoliophyta
Class:	Magnoliopsida
Order:	Malpighiales
Family:	Euphorbiaceae
Subfamily:	Crotonoideae
Tribe:	Codiaeae
Genus:	Fontainea Heckel

Type species

Fontainea pancheri
(Baill.) Heckel

Species

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.