Grey possumwood (Quintinia verdonii)
Description
The grey possumwood is a small to medium-sized tree to 17 metres (56 ft) tall and a stem diameter of 30 centimetres (12 in). It may be distinguished from the related possumwood (Quintinia sieberi) by the smoother bark and the branchlets being paler. The possumwood has minute reddish glands under the leaf where the grey possumwood has clear glands. The flowers of the possumwood are in panicles, where the grey possumwood has flowers on racemes
Taxonomic tree
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Domain: Eukarya
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Kingdom: Plantae
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Phylum:
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Class: Magnoliopsida
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Order: Paracryphiales
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Family: Paracryphiaceae
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Genus: Quintinia
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