Biology:Ripogonum elseyanum

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Short description: Species of shrub

Ripogonum elseyanum
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Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Liliales
Family: Ripogonaceae
Genus: Ripogonum
Species:
R. elseyanum
Binomial name
Ripogonum elseyanum

Ripogonum elseyanum, commonly known as hairy supplejack, is a climbing vine, or sometimes a shrub, native to coastal rainforests of New South Wales and Queensland, Australia .[1][2][3]

The species was named by Mueller to honour the surgeon and naturalist, Joseph Ravenscroft Elsey (1834–1857), who was with Mueller on the 1856 expedition led by Augustus Gregory.[4]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 "Ripogonum elseyanum F.Muell.". Australian Plant Name Index (APNI), IBIS database. Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government. http://www.anbg.gov.au/cgi-bin/apni?taxon_id=60681. 
  2. 2.0 2.1 Harden, Gwen J. (1993). Flora of New South Wales (1st ed.). Kensington NSW: New South Wales University Press. p. 41. ISBN 0868401889. 
  3. "Hairy supplejack – Ripogonum elseyanum, WetlandInfo". Department of Environment and Heritage Protection, Queensland. http://wetlandinfo.ehp.qld.gov.au/wetlands/ecology/components/species/?ripogonum-elseyanum. Retrieved 10 July 2013. 
  4. A. H. Chisholm, 'Elsey, Joseph Ravenscroft (1834–1857)', Australian Dictionary of Biography, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/elsey-joseph-ravenscroft-3481/text5331, published first in hardcopy 1972, accessed online 28 July 2018.

Wikidata ☰ Q15295967 entry