Motherwellia

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Motherwellia
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Apiales
Family: Araliaceae
Subfamily: Aralioideae
Genus: Motherwellia
F.Muell. [1] [2]
Species:
M. haplosciadea
Binomial name
Motherwellia haplosciadea
F.Muell. [1] [2]
Synonyms [3]
  • Aralia motherwellii F.Muell.

Motherwellia haplosciadea is a species of vines, constituting part of the plant family Araliaceae. This species is the only one known in the genus Motherwellia. [1] [2] [4]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 Mueller, Ferdinand von (Dec 1870). "Motherwellia; Motherwellia haplosciadea". LV (Digitised archive copy, online, from the Biodiversity Heritage Library). Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae. 7. pp. 107–8. Retrieved 8 Dec 2014.CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)
  2. 1 2 3 "Motherwellia". Australian Plant Name Index (APNI), Integrated Botanical Information System (IBIS) database (listing by % wildcard matching of all taxa relevant to Australia). Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government. Retrieved 10 Jan 2014.CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)
  3. "WCSP". World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. Retrieved 16 February 2014.CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)
  4. Hyland, B. P. M.; Whiffin, T.; Zich, F. A.; et al. (Dec 2010). "Factsheet – Motherwellia haplosciadea". Australian Tropical Rainforest Plants (6.1, online version RFK 6.1 ed.). Cairns, Australia: Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO), through its Division of Plant Industry; the Centre for Australian National Biodiversity Research; the Australian Tropical Herbarium, James Cook University. Retrieved 28 May 2013.