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]
  • 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,[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]

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