Yellow milk vine
Eastwood, Australia
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[1]
  • 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).[1] Common names include yellow milk vine, hairy milk vine and native potato.

The original specimen was collected by the explorer Allan Cunningham in the Illawarra district in the early 19th century. According to this text by the describing scientist 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.

The specific epithet flavescens is from Latin, and it refers to the pale yellow flowers.[2]

References

  1. 1 2 "Leichhardtia flavescens (A.Cunn.) P.I.Forst.", Plants of the World Online, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, retrieved 2023-11-14
  2. Les Robinson - Field Guide to the Native Plants of Sydney, ISBN 978-0-7318-1211-0 page 327


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