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Butterspoons
Cunonia
Cunonia is a genus of shrubs and trees in the family Cunoniaceae. The genus has a disjunct distribution, with 24 species endemic to New Caledonia in the Pacific, and one species (Cunonia capensis) in Southern Africa. Leaves are opposite, simple or pinnate with a margin entire to serrate. Interpetiolar stipules are often conspicuous and generally enclose buds to form a spoon-like shape (hence the common name "Butterspoon Tree" for Cunonia capensis). Flowers are bisexual, white, red...
23 branches of this genus, most-observed first
butterspoon tree
speciesCunonia capensis
Cunonia macrophylla
speciesCunonia macrophylla
Cunonia deplanchei
speciesCunonia deplanchei
Cunonia purpurea
speciesCunonia purpurea
Cunonia atrorubens
speciesCunonia atrorubens
Cunonia lenormandii
speciesCunonia lenormandii
Cunonia varijuga
speciesCunonia varijuga
Cunonia pterophylla
speciesCunonia pterophylla
Cunonia bullata
speciesCunonia bullata
Cunonia vieillardii
speciesCunonia vieillardii
Cunonia balansae
speciesCunonia balansae
Cunonia montana
speciesCunonia montana
Cunonia rotundifolia
speciesCunonia rotundifolia
Cunonia schinziana
speciesCunonia schinziana
Cunonia austrocaledonica
speciesCunonia austrocaledonica
Cunonia pulchella
speciesCunonia pulchella
Cunonia bopopensis
speciesCunonia bopopensis
Cunonia rupicola
speciesCunonia rupicola
Cunonia linearisepala
speciesCunonia linearisepala
Cunonia dickisonii
speciesCunonia dickisonii
Cunonia aoupiniensis
speciesCunonia aoupiniensis
Cunonia cerifera
speciesCunonia cerifera
Cunonia pseudoverticillata
speciesCunonia pseudoverticillata
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 183936.