Leichhardtia flavescens

Yellow milk vine
Eastwood, Australia
Marsdenia flavescens from Curtis' botanical magazine t.3289.[1]
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
Synonyms[2]
  • 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).[2] Common names include hairy milk vine,[3] yellow milk vine and native potato.[citation needed]

The type specimen and seed was collected in the Illawarra district and described (in 1833) by the explorer Allan Cunningham as Marsdenia flavescens.[4][1] According to the text[1] 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.[5][6]

The specific epithet flavescens is from Latin, and it refers to the pale yellow flowers.[7]

References

  1. ^ a b c Hooker, W.J. (1833). Hooker, W.J. (ed.). "Marsdenia flavescens". Botanical Magazine. 60: t. 3289.
  2. ^ a b "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 [11]. 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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