Stemona australiana

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Stemona australiana
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Pandanales
Family: Stemonaceae
Genus: Stemona
Species:
S. australiana
Binomial name
Stemona australiana
Synonyms [1]
  • Roxburghia javanica var. australiana Benth.
  • Stemona versteegii Schltr.

Stemona australiana is a plant species native to tropical south-east Asia, including northern Australia and Papua New Guinea. It grows as a herb or climber up to two metres high. [2]

It was first published by George Bentham in 1878 under the name Roxburghia javanica var. australiana, indicating that it was considered a variety of the plant now known as Stemona javanica . [3] [4] In 1896 Charles Henry Wright transferred it into Stemona, a name for the genus which had priority over Roxburghia, at the same time promoting it to species rank as Stemona australiana. [5] [6]

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References

  1. "Stemona australiana (Benth.) C.H.Wright". Plants of the World Online . Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 2024. Retrieved 25 April 2024.
  2. "Stemona australiana (Benth.) C.H.Wright". FloraBase . Western Australian Government Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions.
  3. Bentham, George; Mueller, Ferdinand von (1878). Flora australiensis: a description of the plants of the Australian territory. Vol. 7. London: L. Reeve & Co. p. 1. Retrieved 25 April 2024.
  4. "Roxburghia javanica var. australiana". Australian Plant Name Index (APNI). Centre for Australian National Biodiversity Research, Australian Government . Retrieved 25 April 2024.
  5. "Stemona australiana". Australian Plant Name Index (APNI). Centre for Australian National Biodiversity Research, Australian Government . Retrieved 25 April 2024.
  6. Wright, C.H. (1896). "On the genus Stemona, Lour". The Journal of the Linnean Society. Botany (in Latin). 32: 496. Retrieved 25 April 2024.