Quintinia serrata

Quintinia serrata
Quintina serrata, illustration, 1888
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Paracryphiales
Family: Paracryphiaceae
Genus: Quintinia
Species:
Q. serrata
Binomial name
Quintinia serrata
Synonyms
  • Quintinia acutifolia Kirk
  • Quintinia elliptica Hook. f.

Quintinia serrata, the tawheowheo, is a species of evergreen trees in the genus Quintinia endemic to New Zealand.[2]

This plant has different patterns of anthocyanins (cyanidin 3-O-glucoside and cyanidin 3-O-galactoside) in its leaves to protect the shade-adapted chloroplasts from direct sun light.[3]

  1. ^ Ann. Nat. Hist. 2(11): 356. 1839 [Jan 1839]
  2. ^ Quintinia serrata at the New Zealand Plant Conservation Network
  3. ^ Functional role of anthocyanins in the leaves of Quintinia serrata A. Cunn. Kevin S. Gould, Kenneth R. Markham, Richard H. Smith and Jessica J. Goris, J. Exp. Bot., 2000, volume 51, issue 347, pages 1107-1115, doi:10.1093/jexbot/51.347.1107