| Lacewing vine | |
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| Conservation status | |
| Least Concern (NCA) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Malpighiales |
| Family: | Passifloraceae |
| Genus: | Adenia |
| Species: | A. heterophylla |
| Binomial name | |
| Adenia heterophylla (Blume) Koord. | |
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| Sightings of this species within Australia and New Guinea | |
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Adenia heterophylla, commonly known in Australia as the lacewing vine, is a climbing plant in the family Passifloraceae. It has a broad distribution spanning the equator, from the south eastern corner of China, through Indochina and Malesia, to northern Australia. In Australia it serves as a food plant for larvae of the glasswing, red lacewing and cruiser butterflies.
Taxonomy
First described as Modecca heterophylla by the German-Dutch botanist Carl Ludwig Blume in 1826, this species was reviewed by Dutch botanist Sijfert Hendrik Koorders who gave it the current binomial name, and published it in the work Exkursionsflora von Java, umfassend die Blütenpflanzen mit besonderer Berücksichtigung der im Hochgebirge wildwachsenden Arten im Auftrage des Niederländischen Kolonialministeriums in 1912.
Infraspecies
As of 18 November 2022, there are five infraspecies accepted by Plants of the World Online, as follows:
- Adenia heterophylla subsp. andamanica W.J.de Wilde
- Adenia heterophylla subsp. arcta (Craib) W.J.de Wilde
- Adenia heterophylla subsp. australis (R.Br. ex DC.) W.J.de Wilde
- Adenia heterophylla var. celebica (Koord.) W.J.de Wilde
- Adenia heterophylla subsp. heterophylla
Distribution and habitat
The lacewing vine grows in a variety of tropical forest types including rainforest, beach forest, monsoon forest and vine thickets. It is native to the following areas: Andaman Islands, Bismarck Archipelago, Borneo, Cambodia, south east China, Hainan, Java, Laos, Lesser Sunda Islands, Maluku Islands, New Guinea, Nicobar Islands, the Northern Territory, Philippines, Queensland, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Taiwan, Thailand, Vietnam and Western Australia.
Conservation
This species is listed by the Queensland Department of Environment and Science as least concern. As of 17 November 2022, it has not been assessed by the IUCN.
Gallery
References
- ^ "Species profile—Adenia heterophylla". Queensland Department of Environment and Science. Queensland Government. 2022. Retrieved 18 November 2022.
- ^ "Adenia heterophylla (Blume) Koord". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 18 November 2022.
- "Adenia heterophylla in Flora of China @ efloras.org". Flora of China. Retrieved 18 November 2022.
- "Adenia heterophylla". Western Australian Herbarium. Florabase—the Western Australian Flora. Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions, Government of Western Australia. Retrieved 18 November 2022.
- Cowie I, Lewis D, et al. (2013). "Adenia heterophylla". FloraNT, Northern Territory Herbarium. Northern Territory Government, Darwin. Retrieved 18 November 2022.
- ^ F.A.Zich; B.P.M.Hyland; T.Whiffen; R.A.Kerrigan (2020). "Adenia heterophylla subsp. australis". Australian Tropical Rainforest Plants Edition 8 (RFK8). Centre for Australian National Biodiversity Research (CANBR), Australian Government. Retrieved 18 November 2022.
- ^ F.A.Zich; B.P.M.Hyland; T.Whiffen; R.A.Kerrigan (2020). "Adenia heterophylla subsp. heterophylla". Australian Tropical Rainforest Plants Edition 8 (RFK8). Centre for Australian National Biodiversity Research (CANBR), Australian Government. Retrieved 18 November 2022.
- "Adenia heterophylla subsp. andamanica W.J.de Wilde". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 18 November 2022.
- "Adenia heterophylla subsp. arcta (Craib) W.J.de Wilde". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 18 November 2022.
- "Adenia heterophylla subsp. australis (R.Br. ex DC.) W.J.de Wilde". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 18 November 2022.
- "Adenia heterophylla var. celebica (Koord.) W.J.de Wilde". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 18 November 2022.
- "Adenia heterophylla subsp. heterophylla". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 18 November 2022.
External links
Data related to Adenia heterophylla at Wikispecies
Media related to Adenia heterophylla at Wikimedia Commons- 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
