Biology:Elatostema reticulatum
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Rosales |
| Family: | Urticaceae |
| Genus: | Elatostema |
| Species: | E. reticulatum
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| Binomial name | |
| Elatostema reticulatum | |
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Elatostema reticulatum, commonly known as rainforest spinach, is a plant in the nettle family Urticaceae endemic to eastern areas of Queensland and New South Wales.[3][4][5] It is a course straggly herb growing to 50–100 cm (20–39 in) high, and may form dense mats on the forest floor.[3][4][5] It prefers wet shaded areas in rainforest and wet sclerophyll forest, and is often found in and beside streams as well as on wet rock faces.[3][4][5] The natural range of the plant is from near Batemans Bay in the south to the ranges and tablelands near Cairns in the north.[3][4][5][6]
This species was first described in 1854 by the English-French botanist Hugh Algernon Weddell, who published his paper in the journal Annales des Sciences Naturelles.[1][5] The specific epithet reticulatum is a reference to the prominent reticulate venation of the leaves.[3]
Joan Cribb suggests the stems and young leaves are edible, and taste better than spinach.[7]
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References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Elatostema reticulatum". Centre for Australian National Biodiversity Research, Australian Government. https://id.biodiversity.org.au/name/apni/70070.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Elatostema reticulatum Wedd.". Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:852148-1.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 Chew, W.-L.; Kodela, P.G. (2022). "Elatostema reticulatum". Australian Biological Resources Study, Department of Climate Change, the Environment and Water: Canberra. https://profiles.ala.org.au/opus/foa/profile/Elatostema%20reticulatum.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 "PlantNET - FloraOnline". Royal Botanic Gardens and Domain Trust, Sydney. https://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&lvl=sp&name=Elatostema~reticulatum.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 "Elatostema reticulatum". Centre for Australian National Biodiversity Research (CANBR), Australian Government. 2020. https://apps.lucidcentral.org/rainforest/text/entities/Elatostema_reticulatum.htm.
- ↑ "Search: species: Elatostema reticulatum | Occurrence records". Australian Government. https://avh.ala.org.au/occurrences/search?taxa=Elatostema%20reticulatum#tab_mapView.
- ↑ Les Robinson - Field Guide to the Native Plants of Sydney, ISBN:978-0-7318-1211-0 page 381
<ref> tag with name "DESQLD" defined in <references> is not used in prior text.External links
- View a map of historical sightings of this species at the Australasian Virtual Herbarium
- View observations of this species on iNaturalist
- View images of this species on Flickriver
Wikidata ☰ Q15611935 entry
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