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Fontainea is a genus constituting part of the plant family Euphorbiaceae. The nine currently known species grow naturally in Queensland (Qld) and New South Wales (NSW) Australia (6 spp.), New Caledonia and Vanuatu (1 sp.), and Papua New Guinea (2 spp.). Some species are commonly named blushwood.
One species, Fontainea oraria, the coast fontainea, is known only from 10 living plants growing on private property near Lennox Head in northern New South Wales, Australia. Its status is critically endangered.
Fontainea australis · Fontainea borealis · Fontainea fugax · Coastal Fontainea · Fontainea pancheri · Blushwood Tree · Fontainea rostrata · Fontainea subpapuana · Fontainea venosa
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