Quetzalia are a genus of flowering plants in the staff vine and bittersweet family Celastraceae, disjunctly distributed in Mexico, Central America, and Brazil. They can be trees, shrubs or lianas. Cyrus Longworth Lundell split them off from Microtropis in 1970, overriding his own 1939 findings. Species Currently accepted species include: Quetzalia areolata (Lundell) Lundell Quetzalia contracta (Lundell) Lundell Quetzalia ilicina (Standl. & Steyerm.) Lundell Quetzalia mayana (Lundell & L.O.Williams) Lundell Quetzalia occidentalis (Loes. ex Donn.Sm.) Lundell Quetzalia pauciflora Lundell Quetzalia reynae Lundell Quetzalia schiedeana (Loes.) Lundell Quetzalia standleyi (Lundell) Lundell Quetzalia stipitata (Lundell) Lundell References Celastraceae Celastrales genera