Biology:Stephania bancroftii
| Stephania bancroftii | |
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| Vine stem with flowers | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Order: | Ranunculales |
| Family: | Menispermaceae |
| Genus: | Stephania |
| Species: | S. bancroftii
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| Stephania bancroftii | |
Stephania bancroftii is a species of plant in the family Menispermaceae. It is native to Queensland, Australia, where it is known from only a handful of collections. It was first described in 1910 by botanist Frederick Manson Bailey.
Description
Stephania bancroftii is a tuberous climber with a stem diameter of up to 4 cm (1.6 in). The tuber is Template:Botanygloss and grows up to about 25 cm (9.8 in) diameter. The leaves are broadly ovate, and the petiole attaches to the leaf blade on the underside (i.e. it is peltate) more or less centrally. The leaves can reach 13 cm (5.1 in) in length and 14 cm (5.5 in) width, and the petiole may be up to 14 cm long.[3][4]
The flowers occur in dense clusters or 'heads'. Individual flowers are quite small—petals on the male flowers are about 0.6 mm (0.02 in) long and those on the female flowers are about 1 mm (0.04 in) long. This species is dioecious, meaning that pistillate (functionally female) and staminate (functionally male) flowers are borne on separate plants.[3][4] The fruit is a yellow, orange or red drupe about 8 mm (0.3 in) long and wide, containing a single seed.[5]
Phenology
Flowering occurs from November to January, fruit have been collected in January.[4][5]
Distibution and habitat
The species grows in open forest, vine thickets and monsoon forest, at altitudes from sea level to about 800 m (2,600 ft), [4][5] and ranges from the Cairns region to the area around Rockhampton.[6]
References
- ↑ "Stephania bancroftii F.M.Bailey". Centre for Australian National Biodiversity Research, Australian Government. https://biodiversity.org.au/nsl/services/rest/name/apni/68870.
- ↑ "Stephania bancroftii F.M.Bailey". Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 2026. https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:581394-1.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Stephania bancroftii". Centre for Australian National Biodiversity Research (CANBR), Australian Government. 2020. https://apps.lucidcentral.org/rainforest/text/entities/Stephania_bancroftii.htm.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 Forman, L.L. (2022). "Stephania bancroftii F.M.Bailey". Australian Biological Resources Study, Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water: Canberra. https://profiles.ala.org.au/opus/foa/profile/Stephania%20bancroftii.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 Cooper, Wendy; Cooper, William T. (June 2004). Fruits of the Australian Tropical Rainforest. Clifton Hill, Victoria, Australia: Nokomis Editions. p. 298. ISBN 978-0-9581742-1-3. https://www.nokomis.com.au/product/nokomis-published-books/fruits-australian-tropical-rainforest/.
- ↑ "Search: species: Stephania bancroftii | Occurrence records". Australian Government. https://avh.ala.org.au/occurrences/search?taxa=Stephania%20bancroftii#tab_mapView.
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Wikispecies has information related to Stephania bancroftii |
- Map of herbarium collections of this species at the Australasian Virtual Herbarium
Wikidata ☰ Q17796419 entry
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