Biology:Leichhardtia flavescens
| Yellow milk vine | |
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| Eastwood, Australia | |
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| Marsdenia flavescens from Curtis' botanical magazine t.3289.[1] | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Gentianales |
| Family: | Apocynaceae |
| Genus: | Leichhardtia |
| Species: | L. flavescens
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| Binomial name | |
| Leichhardtia flavescens (A.Cunn.) P.I.Forst.
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Leichhardtia flavescens, synonym Marsdenia flavescens, is a vine found in eastern Australia (New South Wales, Queensland and Victoria).[2] Common names include hairy milk vine,[3] yellow milk vine and native potato.[citation needed]
The type specimen and seed was collected in the Illawarra district and described (in 1833) by the explorer Allan Cunningham as Marsdenia flavescens.[4][1] According to the text[1] by William Jackson Hooker, these plants were grown at Kew Gardens in London. "Mr. ALLAN CUNNINGHAM, who found it in New Holland, on the sea-shore at the Illawana district, in lat. 341/2°, whence living plants were imported to His Majesty's Gardens at Kew." sic.
In a 2021 revision of Marsdenia, Paul Forster reassigned the species to the genus, Leichhardtia to give the currently accepted name.[5][6]
The specific epithet flavescens is from Latin, and it refers to the pale yellow flowers.[7]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Hooker, W.J. (1833). Hooker, W.J.. ed. "Marsdenia flavescens". Botanical Magazine 60: t. 3289. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/481382.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Leichhardtia flavescens (A.Cunn.) P.I.Forst.", Plants of the World Online (Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew), http://www.plantsoftheworldonline.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:77221159-1, retrieved 2023-11-14
- ↑ G. J. Harden & J. B. Williams (1995). "Marsdenia flavescens A.Cunn. ex Hook.". Royal Botanic Garden, Sydney. https://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&lvl=sp&name=Marsdenia~flavescens.
- ↑ "Marsdenia flavescens". Australian Plant Name Index (APNI), IBIS database. Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government. https://biodiversity.org.au/nsl/services/rest/name/apni/103938.
- ↑ , pp. 1-18 [11], Wikidata Q121247600
- ↑ "Leichhardtia flavescens". Australian Plant Name Index (APNI), IBIS database. Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government. https://biodiversity.org.au/nsl/services/rest/name/apni/51403454.
- ↑ Les Robinson - Field Guide to the Native Plants of Sydney, ISBN:978-0-7318-1211-0 page 327
External links
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