Quoin Head marlock | |
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Bark of Eucalyptus mcquoidii | |
Conservation status
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Priority Two — Poorly Known Taxa (DEC) | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Rosids |
Order: | Myrtales |
Family: | Myrtaceae |
Genus: | Eucalyptus |
Species: | E. mcquoidii
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Binomial name | |
Eucalyptus mcquoidii Brooker & Hopper[1]
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Eucalyptus mcquoidii, commonly known as the Quoin Head marlock,[2] is a species of marlock, mallee or small tree that is endemic to a restricted area in Western Australia. It has smooth, greyish bark, glossy green, linear to narrow oblong adult leaves, flower buds in clusters of up to fifty that are fused at their bases, greenish flowers and fruit in spherical masses.