Quintinia major (Baill.) Schltr. belongs to the Paracryphiaceae family. Flora of the World contains 3 recorded occurrences of this taxon, distributed across 1 country.
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Paracryphiales
Family
Paracryphiaceae
Genus
Quintinia
Specific Epithet
major
Authorship
(Baill.) Schltr.
Source
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
What is EDGE?
Evolutionary distinctiveness
Moderate
ED 17.6
Moderately distinct — it has closer living relatives than the most isolated species.
Threat status
IUCN Red List
EDGE score
0.7
Global rank
#68,178 of 335,497
Top 21%
Extinction probability
6%
Location
New Caledonia, South
-22.504167, 166.000000
Location Remarks
Sommet du Mont Do.
Collectors
No collectors specified
Location
New Caledonia, South
-22.504167, 166.000000
Location Remarks
Sommet du Mont Do.
Collectors
Porter P. Lowry II, Chrissen Gemmill, Christopher Davidson, Sharon R. Christoph
Location
New Caledonia, Province Sud
-22.030611, 166.467667
Location Remarks
Mt. Dzumac, along road toward Mt. Ouin, just beyond the junction with the road into the Ouinné River Valley. Dense forest just below road. Non-ultramafic substrate. 910 m elev.
Collectors
Porter P. Lowry II, Jerome Munzinger, Martin W. Callmander, Christopher Davidson, Sharon R. Christoph, Bruce Gray, Daniel Letocart, Irène Letocart, David Bruy
Notes
Shrub ca. 6 m tall. Flowers white.