Stemona australiana
| Stemona australiana | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Order: | Pandanales |
| Family: | Stemonaceae |
| Genus: | Stemona |
| Species: | S. australiana
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| Binomial name | |
| Stemona australiana | |
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Stemona australiana is a plant species native to tropical south-east Asia, including northern Australia and Papua New Guinea. It grows as a herb or climber up to two metres high.[2]
It was first published by George Bentham in 1878 under the name Roxburghia javanica var. australiana,[3] indicating that it was considered a variety of the plant now known as Stemona javanica.[4] In 1896 Charles Henry Wright transferred it into Stemona, a name for the genus which had priority over Roxburghia, at the same time promoting it to species rank as Stemona australiana.[5][6]
References
- ^ Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Famiiles
- ^ "Stemona australiana (Benth.) C.H.Wright". FloraBase. Western Australian Government Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions.
- ^ Bentham, George. 1878. Flora australiensis:a description of the plants of the Australian territory 7: 1-2 in English
- ^ "Roxburghia javanica var. australiana Benth". Australian Plant Name Index (APNI), IBIS database. Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government.
- ^ "Stemona australiana (Benth.) C.H.Wright". Australian Plant Name Index (APNI), IBIS database. Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government.
- ^ Wright, Charles Henry. 1896. Journal of the Linnean Society, Botany 32: 496. description in Latin
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