Stemona australiana
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Pandanales
Family: Stemonaceae
Genus: Stemona
Species:
S. australiana
Binomial name
Stemona australiana
(Benth.) C.H.Wright
Synonyms[1]
  • Roxburghia javanica var. australiana Benth.
  • Stemona versteegii Schltr.

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

  1. ↑ Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Famiiles
  2. ↑ "Stemona australiana (Benth.) C.H.Wright". FloraBase. Western Australian Government Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions.
  3. ↑ Bentham, George. 1878. Flora australiensis:a description of the plants of the Australian territory 7: 1-2 in English
  4. ↑ "Roxburghia javanica var. australiana Benth". Australian Plant Name Index (APNI), IBIS database. Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government.
  5. ↑ "Stemona australiana (Benth.) C.H.Wright". Australian Plant Name Index (APNI), IBIS database. Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government.
  6. ↑ Wright, Charles Henry. 1896. Journal of the Linnean Society, Botany 32: 496. description in Latin


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