Gum vine | |
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Gum vine, Eastwood, Australia | |
Aphanopetalum resinosum, Palm Beach, New South Wales | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Order: | Saxifragales |
Family: | Aphanopetalaceae |
Genus: | Aphanopetalum |
Species: | A. resinosum |
Binomial name | |
Aphanopetalum resinosum | |
Aphanopetalum resinosum, known as the gum vine, is a small plant growing in rainforest or eucalyptus forest in eastern Australia, from north-east Victoria, through New South Wales and north to Queensland. [3]
Usually a vine or small shrub growing in moist areas. Leaves 4 to 8 cm long, 1.5 to 3 cm wide, wavy edged or toothed. Leaf stem 2 to 5 mm long. The stems hairless, marked with lenticels. Four petal flowers form on cymes, petals 1 to 3 mm long. The fruit is a nut, 2 to 3 mm long. [3]
In Victoria it is listed as "vulnerable", being known only from a single collection near Mallacoota. [4]
Aphanopetalum is a genus of twining shrubs or vines in the family Aphanopetalaceae which are endemic to Australia.
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