Stemona australiana
| Stemona australiana | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Monocots |
| Order: | Pandanales |
| Family: | Stemonaceae |
| Genus: | Stemona |
| Species: | S. australiana |
| Binomial name | |
| Stemona australiana (Benth.) C.H.Wright | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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,[3] indicating that it was considered a variety of the plant now known as Stemona javanica.[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]
References
- ↑ Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Famiiles
- ↑ "Stemona australiana (Benth.) C.H.Wright". FloraBase. Department of Environment and Conservation, Government of Western Australia.
- ↑ Bentham, George. 1878. Flora australiensis:a description of the plants of the Australian territory 7: 1-2 in English
- ↑ "Roxburghia javanica var. australiana Benth". Australian Plant Name Index (APNI), IBIS database. Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government.
- ↑ "Stemona australiana (Benth.) C.H.Wright". Australian Plant Name Index (APNI), IBIS database. Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government.
- ↑ Wright, Charles Henry. 1896. Journal of the Linnean Society, Botany 32: 496. description in Latin
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