Petalostigma pubescens

Petalostigma pubescens
quinine bush, Mt Archer National Park
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Rosids
Order: Malpighiales
Family: Picrodendraceae
Tribe: Caletieae
Subtribe: Petalostigmatinae
Genus: Petalostigma
Species: P. pubescens
Binomial name
Petalostigma pubescens
Domin
Synonyms[1]
  • Petalostigma quadriloculare var. pubescens Müll.Arg.
  • Petalostigma quadriloculare var. nigrum Ewart & O.B.Davies
  • Petalostigma nummularium Airy 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]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 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