Biology:Comesperma volubile
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Fabales |
| Family: | Polygalaceae |
| Genus: | Comesperma |
| Species: | C. volubile
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| Binomial name | |
| Comesperma volubile Labill.[1]
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Comesperma volubile, commonly known as love creeper,[2] is a slender climber in the family Polygalaceae. It is a twining plant with linear leaves and pea-like blue flowers.[3]
Description
Comesperma voluble is a twining creeper to about 3 m (9.8 ft) high on rare occasion a small shrublet with smooth, angled stems. There are few leaves, linear to oval-shaped, 10–45 mm (0.39–1.77 in) long, 1.5–9 mm (0.059–0.354 in) wide, lower surface pale, margins curved or rolled under. The flowers are in lateral racemes 3–25 cm (1.2–9.8 in) long, the sepals are separated, outer three broadly oval-shaped, about 2 mm (0.079 in) long, wings oval-shaped to nearly orb-shaped, 4–7 mm (0.16–0.28 in) long, keel darker, 3.5–5 mm (0.14–0.20 in) long, upper petals egg-shaped to oblong. Flowering occurs mainly August to November and the fruit is a narrow wedge-shaped capsule, 12–20 mm (0.47–0.79 in) long.[3]
Taxonomy and naming
Comersperma voluble was first formally described in 1806 by Jacques Labillardière, and the description was published in Novæ Hollandiæ plantarum specimen.[4][5] The specific epithet (volubile) means "twining".[6]
Distribution and habitat
Love creeper occurs in heathland and forest in the states of Western Australia, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, New South Wales and Queensland, in Australia.[7]
References
- ↑ "Comersperma volubile". Australian Plant Census. https://biodiversity.org.au/nsl/services/apc-format/display/74479.
- ↑ "Comesperma volubile". Royal Botanic Garden Victoria. https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/flora/taxon/da6eed71-d2bd-4b95-8694-f5916ed0ba55.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Comesperma volubile". PlantNET - New South Wales Flora Online. Royal Botanic Gardens & Domain Trust, Sydney Australia. http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&lvl=sp&name=Comesperma~volubile. Retrieved 2009-09-17.
- ↑ "Comesperma volubile". Australian Plant Name Index (APNI), IBIS database. Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government. https://biodiversity.org.au/nsl/services/rest/name/apni/74479.
- ↑ , 2, Ex typographia Dominæ Huzard, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40882007, Wikidata Q7064396
- ↑ Sharr, Francis Aubi; George, Alex (2019). Western Australian Plant Names and Their Meanings (3rd ed.). Kardinya, WA: Four Gables Press. p. 347. ISBN 9780958034180.
- ↑ Wild Plants of Victoria (database). Viridans Biological Databases & Department of Sustainability and Environment. 2009.
Wikidata ☰ Q5151565 entry
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