Pinckneya

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|image = Aimophila_aestivalis_perched_on_Pinckneya_pubens.jpg

|image_caption = Branch of Pinckneya pubens from The Birds of America; painted by Maria Martin

|status = LC

|status_system = IUCN3.1

|status_ref = {{cite iucn |author=IUCN SSC Global Tree Specialist Group. |author2=Botanic Gardens Conservation International (BGCI). |year=2020 |title=Pinckneya bracteata |volume=2020 |page=e.T152909082A152909084 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-1.RLTS.T152909082A152909084.en |access-date=6 May 2020}}

|display_parents = 3

|genus = Pinckneya

|parent_authority = Michx.

|species = pubens

|authority = Mich.

|synonyms =

• Pinckneya bracteata (W. Bartr.)
• Cinchona lancifolia (Mutis.)

|range_map = Pinckneya bracteata range map 1.png

|range_map_caption = Natural range of Pinckneya pubens

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Pinckneya is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Rubiaceae. Its only species is Pinckneya pubens, native to the Southeastern USA.{{cite web |title=Pinckneya Michx. {{!}} Plants of the World Online {{!}} Kew Science |url=https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:35122-1 |website=Plants of the World Online |access-date=20 May 2021 |language=en}} It is known as the Georgia bark or fevertree. It is a small tree of the southern United States closely resembling the cinchona or Peruvian bark. It has pretty, large white flowers, with longitudinal stripes of rose-color. The wood is soft and unfit for use in the arts. The inner bark is extremely bitter.