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 (pink to purple), or green, arranged in racemes. The fruit is a capsule opening first around the base then vertically, seeds are winged.^[1][2]

Cunonia
Cunonia capensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Rosids
Order:	Oxalidales
Family:	Cunoniaceae
Genus:	Cunonia L.
Species
Cunonia × alticola Cunonia aoupiniensis Cunonia atrorubens Cunonia austrocaledonica Cunonia balansae Cunonia bopopensis Cunonia bullata Cunonia capensis Cunonia cerifera Cunonia deplanchei Cunonia dickisonii Cunonia × koghicola Cunonia lenormandii Cunonia linearisepala Cunonia macrophylla Cunonia montana Cunonia pseudoverticillata Cunonia pterophylla Cunonia pulchella Cunonia purpurea Cunonia rotundifolia Cunonia rupicola Cunonia schinziana Cunonia varijuga Cunonia vieillardii

Cunonia austrocaledonica - MHNT

List of species

Southern Africa

• Cunonia capensis L.^[3]

New Caledonia^[2]

• Cunonia × alticola Guillaumin
• Cunonia aoupiniensis Hoogland
• Cunonia atrorubens Schltr.
• Cunonia austrocaledonica Brongn. ex Guillaumin
• Cunonia balansae Brongn. & Gris
• Cunonia bopopensis Pillon & H.C. Hopkins
• Cunonia bullata Brongn. & Gris
• Cunonia cerifera Hoogland
• Cunonia deplanchei Brongn. & Gris
• Cunonia dickisonii Pillon & H.C. Hopkins
• Cunonia × koghicola H.C. Hopkins, J. Bradford & Pillon
• Cunonia lenormandii Vieill. ex Brongn. & Gris
• Cunonia linearisepala (Guillaumin) Bernardi
• Cunonia macrophylla Brongn. & Gris
• Cunonia montana (Brongn. & Gris) Schltr.
• Cunonia pseudoverticillata Guillaumin
• Cunonia pterophylla (Brongn. & Gris) Schltr.
• Cunonia pulchella Brongn. & Gris
• Cunonia purpurea Brongn. & Gris
• Cunonia rotundifolia Däniker
• Cunonia rupicola Hoogland
• Cunonia schinziana Däniker
• Cunonia varijuga Hoogland
• Cunonia vieillardii Brongn. & Gris