Petalostigma pubescens

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Petalostigma pubescens
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quinine bush, Mt Archer National Park
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Malpighiales
Family: Picrodendraceae
Genus: Petalostigma
Species:
P. pubescens
Binomial name
Petalostigma pubescens
Synonyms [1]
  • Petalostigma quadriloculare var. pubescensMüll.Arg.
  • Petalostigma quadriloculare var. nigrumEwart & O.B.Davies
  • Petalostigma nummulariumAiry Shaw

Petalostigma pubescens, known as the quinine bush is a rainforest tree native to Papua New Guinea, Queensland, Northern Territory, New South Wales, Western Australia. [1] It was first described by the botanist Karel Domin in 1927. [2] [3] [4]

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References

  1. 1 2 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  2. "Petalostigma pubescens Domin". Australian Plant Name Index (APNI), IBIS database. Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government.
  3. Domin, Karel. 1927. Bibliotheca Botanica 89: 317.
  4. Tropicos, Petalostigma pubescens Domin