Editing Pseudowintera (section)

{{Short description|Genus of trees}}
{{Use New Zealand English|date=July 2024}}
{{Automatic taxobox
|image = Pseudowinteracolorata.jpg
|image_caption = ''[[Pseudowintera colorata]]''
|taxon = Pseudowintera
|authority = [[James Edgar Dandy|Dandy]]
|subdivision_ranks = Species
|subdivision = 
*''[[Pseudowintera axillaris]]''
*''[[Pseudowintera colorata]]''
*''[[Pseudowintera insperata]]'' <small>[[P.B. Heenan|Heenan]] & [[P.J. de Lange|de Lange]] 2006</small><ref name="Heenan">{{cite journal|last1=Heenan|first1=P. B.|last2=de Lange|first2=P. J.|title=''Pseudowintera insperata'' (Winteraceae), an overlooked and rare new species from northern New Zealand|journal=New Zealand Journal of Botany|date=2006|volume=44|issue=1|pages=89–98|doi=10.1080/0028825X.2006.9513008|bibcode=2006NZJB...44...89H |s2cid=84044658|language=English|issn=1175-8643}}</ref>
*''[[Pseudowintera traversii]]''
}}

'''''Pseudowintera''''', commonly known as '''horopito''', is a [[genus]] of woody [[evergreen]] [[flowering plant|flowering]] [[tree]]s and [[shrub]]s, part of family [[Winteraceae]]. The species of ''Pseudowintera'' are native to [[New Zealand]]. Winteraceae are [[magnoliids]], associated with the humid [[Antarctic flora]] of the southern hemisphere. Horopito can be chewed for a hot, peppery taste.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.teara.govt.nz/en/shrubs-and-small-trees-of-the-forest/12|title=The Encyclopedia of New Zealand: Pepper trees: horopito and kawakawa}}</ref>