Sextonia

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Sextonia is a neotropical genus of plants in the family Lauraceae, native to South America.{{cite journal|title=Sextonia, a New Genus of Lauraceae from South America

|author=Henk van der Werff|journal=Novon|volume=7|issue=4|year=1997|pages=436–439|doi=10.2307/3391778|jstor=3391778

|s2cid=87463936 |url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/part/27049 }} There are two species. They grow in moist forest from 900 to 1600 m.{{citation needed|date=October 2012}}

The flowers are hermaphrodite.{{cite journal|url=http://literatur.vti.bund.de/digbib_extern/dk039017.pdf|title=Gene flow and mating system of the tropical tree Sextonia rubra|author=V. Veron, H. Caron and B. Degen|journal=Silvae Genetica|volume=54|issue=6|year=2005|pages=275–280|doi=10.1515/sg-2005-0040|s2cid=91045719|doi-access=free}} Occurring in Northern South America: Bolivia, Peru, Colombia, Ecuador, Venezuela, Guyana, Surinam, French Guiana and Brazil: in the river valleys of Amapa, Maranhao and Para. In the Caribbean area: Trinidad and Tobago.