| Petalostigma | |
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| Petalostigma pubescens | |
Scientific classification
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Malpighiales |
| Family: | Picrodendraceae |
| Tribe: | Caletieae |
| Subtribe: | Petalostigmatinae |
| Genus: |
Petalostigma F.Muell. |
| Type species | |
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Petalostigma quadriloculare | |
| Synonyms [2] | |
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Hylococcus R.Br. ex T.Mitch. | |
Petalostigma is a genus of plants under the family Picrodendraceae and the monogeneric subtribe Petalostigmatinae, first defined by von Mueller in 1857. [3] [4] [1] It is native to New Guinea and Australia. [2] [5] They are evergreen, dioecious shrubs or trees. [6]
In local medicine, pregnancy is said to be avoided by eating the fruit of the quinine bush ( Petalostigma pubescens), which does not actually contains quinine. Another example is Petalostigma triloculare which features exploding fruit.
This is a list of species in the genus as published by the Kew Royal Botanic Gardens. [2]
- Petalostigma banksii - Northern Territory, Queensland
- Petalostigma pachyphyllum - Queensland
- Petalostigma pubescens - quinine berry, quinine bush, quinine tree - Papua New Guinea, Queensland, Northern Territory, New South Wales, Western Australia
- Petalostigma quadriloculare - Queensland, Northern Territory, Western Australia
- Petalostigma triloculare - Queensland
- Cinchona - another genus known for containing quinine
- Taxonomy of the Picrodendraceae
- ^ a b Tropicos, Petalostigma F. Muell.
- ^ a b c Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
- ^ Mueller, Ferdinand Jacob Heinrich von. 1857. Hooker's Journal of Botany and Kew Garden Miscellany 9: 16-17 in Latin
- ^ "Petalostigma F.Muell". Australian Plant Name Index (APNI), IBIS database. Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government.
- ^ Govaerts, R., Frodin, D.G. & Radcliffe-Smith, A. (2000). World Checklist and Bibliography of Euphorbiaceae (and Pandaceae) 1-4: 1-1622. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
- ^ P.C. Van Welzen; Paul I Forster (1999). "The Malesian species of Choriceras, Fontainea, and Petalostigma (Euphorbiaceae)". Blumea Journal of Plant Taxonomy and Plant Geography. 44 (1): 99–107.
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| Petalostigma | |
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| Petalostigma pubescens | |
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Scientific classification
| |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Malpighiales |
| Family: | Picrodendraceae |
| Tribe: | Caletieae |
| Subtribe: | Petalostigmatinae |
| Genus: |
Petalostigma F.Muell. |
| Type species | |
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Petalostigma quadriloculare | |
| Synonyms [2] | |
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Hylococcus R.Br. ex T.Mitch. | |
Petalostigma is a genus of plants under the family Picrodendraceae and the monogeneric subtribe Petalostigmatinae, first defined by von Mueller in 1857. [3] [4] [1] It is native to New Guinea and Australia. [2] [5] They are evergreen, dioecious shrubs or trees. [6]
In local medicine, pregnancy is said to be avoided by eating the fruit of the quinine bush ( Petalostigma pubescens), which does not actually contains quinine. Another example is Petalostigma triloculare which features exploding fruit.
This is a list of species in the genus as published by the Kew Royal Botanic Gardens. [2]
- Petalostigma banksii - Northern Territory, Queensland
- Petalostigma pachyphyllum - Queensland
- Petalostigma pubescens - quinine berry, quinine bush, quinine tree - Papua New Guinea, Queensland, Northern Territory, New South Wales, Western Australia
- Petalostigma quadriloculare - Queensland, Northern Territory, Western Australia
- Petalostigma triloculare - Queensland
- Cinchona - another genus known for containing quinine
- Taxonomy of the Picrodendraceae
- ^ a b Tropicos, Petalostigma F. Muell.
- ^ a b c Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
- ^ Mueller, Ferdinand Jacob Heinrich von. 1857. Hooker's Journal of Botany and Kew Garden Miscellany 9: 16-17 in Latin
- ^ "Petalostigma F.Muell". Australian Plant Name Index (APNI), IBIS database. Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government.
- ^ Govaerts, R., Frodin, D.G. & Radcliffe-Smith, A. (2000). World Checklist and Bibliography of Euphorbiaceae (and Pandaceae) 1-4: 1-1622. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
- ^ P.C. Van Welzen; Paul I Forster (1999). "The Malesian species of Choriceras, Fontainea, and Petalostigma (Euphorbiaceae)". Blumea Journal of Plant Taxonomy and Plant Geography. 44 (1): 99–107.
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