Stemona australiana

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]

Stemona australiana
Scientific 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.

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 Parks and Wildlife.
  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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