Cunonia

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Cunonia
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae Division: Magnoliophyta Class: Magnoliopsida Order: Oxalidales Family: Cunoniaceae Genus: Cunonia L. 1759
Species
Cunonia alticola Cunonia antholyza Cunonia aoupiniensis Cunonia atrorubens Cunonia austrocaledonica Cunonia balansae Cunonia bernieri Cunonia bullata Cunonia capensis Cunonia cardioptera Cunonia celebica Cunonia cerifera Cunonia deplanchei Cunonia engleriana Cunonia lenormandii Cunonia linearisepala Cunonia macrophylla Cunonia montana Cunonia nervosa Cunonia ouaiemensis Cunonia pseudoverticilliata Cunonia pterophylla Cunonia pulchella Cunonia purpurea Cunonia rotundifolia Cunonia rupicola Cunonia schinziana Cunonia varijuga Cunonia veillardii

Cunonia is a genus of flowering plants, which includes several species of evergreen trees and shrubs. The genus has a disjunct distribution, with one species native to Southern Africa and 25-30 species native to New Caledonia.

Cunonia capensis, commonly known as the African red alder or Butterspoon Tree, is a small tree found along watercourses and in the afromontane forests of Southern Africa, ranging from the Western Cape of South Africa eastwards to Swaziland and southern Mozambique. It is grown as an ornamental in gardens for its glossy foliage and clusters of small white flowers.

[edit] References

• Kubizki, Klaus ed. (2004). Flowering Plants, Dicotyledons: Celastrales, Oxalidales, Rosales, Cornales, Ericales (The Families and Genera of Vascular Plants, Volume VI). Springer, Berlin.
• Missouri Botanic Garden TROPICOS Nomenclatural Database. Accessed December 28, 2007.