Axinaea

Axinaea is a genus of flowering plants in the family Melastomataceae. As of 2012, there are at least 42 species. They are small trees and shrubs. They are native to the Americas; almost all are found in the Andes.

Plants of this genus are pollinated when birds, several species of fruit-eating tanagers, consume specialized appendages on the stamens. As they grasp the nutritious appendages, a cloud of pollen is released. This has been called "puff pollination".

Species include:
 * Axinaea affinis (Naudin) Cogn.
 * Axinaea carolinae-telleziae
 * Axinaea fernando-cabiesii
 * Axinaea flava
 * Axinaea glauca
 * Axinaea lawessonii E. Cotton
 * Axinaea macrophylla (Naudin) Triana
 * Axinaea merianiae (DC.) Triana
 * Axinaea ninakurorum
 * Axinaea nitida Cogn.
 * Axinaea pauciflora Cogn.
 * Axinaea quitensis Benoist
 * Axinaea sclerophylla Triana
 * Axinaea sessilifolia Triana
 * Axinaea sodiroi Wurdack
 * Axinaea reginae