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Finschia is a genus of four recognised species of large trees, constituting part of the plant family Proteaceae. They grow naturally in New Guinea and its surrounding region, in habitats from lowland rainforests to steep highland forests.
Finschia is distributed throughout Malesia and Papuasia. It is the only genus of the family Proteaceae that occurs naturally in the Solomon Islands. The most widely distributed species, F. chloroxantha occurs in Papua New Guinea and West Papua, the Bismarck Archipelago, the Solomon Islands, the Aru Islands, Palau and Vanuatu. The species F. carrii, F. ferruginiflora and F. rufa are found only on the main island of Papua New Guinea.
Finschia carrii · Finschia chloroxantha · Finschia ferruginiflora · Finschia rufa
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