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Leichhardtia flavescens

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Species of plant

Yellow milk vine
Eastwood, Australia
Marsdenia flavescens from Curtis' botanical magazine t.3289.
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Gentianales
Family: Apocynaceae
Genus: Leichhardtia
Species: L. flavescens
Binomial name
Leichhardtia flavescens
(A.Cunn.) P.I.Forst.
Synonyms
  • Marsdenia flavescens A.Cunn.
  • Pergularia flavescens (A.Cunn.) D.Dietr.

Leichhardtia flavescens, synonym Marsdenia flavescens, is a vine found in eastern Australia (New South Wales, Queensland and Victoria). Common names include hairy milk vine, yellow milk vine and native potato.

The type specimen and seed was collected in the Illawarra district and described (in 1833) by the explorer Allan Cunningham as Marsdenia flavescens. According to the text by William Jackson Hooker, these plants were grown at Kew Gardens in London. "Mr. ALLAN CUNNINGHAM, who found it in New Holland, on the sea-shore at the Illawana district, in lat. 341/2°, whence living plants were imported to His Majesty's Gardens at Kew." sic.

In a 2021 revision of Marsdenia, Paul Forster reassigned the species to the genus, Leichhardtia to give the currently accepted name.

The specific epithet flavescens is from Latin, and it refers to the pale yellow flowers.

References

  1. ^ Hooker, W.J. (1833). Hooker, W.J. (ed.). "Marsdenia flavescens". Botanical Magazine. 60: t. 3289.
  2. ^ "Leichhardtia flavescens (A.Cunn.) P.I.Forst.", Plants of the World Online, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, retrieved 2023-11-14
  3. G. J. Harden & J. B. Williams (1995). "Marsdenia flavescens A.Cunn. ex Hook". PlantNET: New South Wales Flora Online. Royal Botanic Garden, Sydney. Retrieved 2023-12-13.
  4. "Marsdenia flavescens". Australian Plant Name Index, IBIS database. Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government.
  5. Paul I. Forster (2021). "Gymnema R.Br. and Leichhardtia R.Br. (Apocynaceae), reinstated genera for taxa previously included in Marsdenia R.Br.: a conspectus for Australia, New Guinea and the Solomon Islands" (PDF). Austrobaileya. 11: 1-18 . ISSN 0155-4131. Wikidata Q121247600. Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 September 2021.
  6. "Leichhardtia flavescens". Australian Plant Name Index, IBIS database. Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government.
  7. Les Robinson - Field Guide to the Native Plants of Sydney, ISBN 978-0-7318-1211-0 page 327

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Taxon identifiers
Leichhardtia flavescens
Pergularia flavescens
Marsdenia flavescens


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