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Leichhardtia archboldiana

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Leichhardtia archboldiana
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Gentianales
Family: Apocynaceae
Genus: Leichhardtia
Species:
L. archboldiana
Binomial name
Leichhardtia archboldiana

Leichhardtia archboldiana is a climbing plant in the Apocynaceae family, endemic to Papua New Guinea and Western New Guinea.[1][2]

It was first described in 1995 by Paul Forster as Marsdenia archboldiana.[1] In 2021, in a major revision of the Marsdenia genus, Forster placed the species in Leichhardtia, giving the accepted species name, Leichhardtia archboldiana.[1][3]

References

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  1. ^ a b c "Leichhardtia archboldiana (P.I.Forst.) P.I.Forst. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 15 December 2023.
  2. ^ PI Forster (1995). "Circumscription of Marsdenia (Asclepiadaceae: Marsdenieae), with a revision of the genus in Australia and Papuasia". Australian Systematic Botany. 8 (5): 703-993 [776]. doi:10.1071/SB9950703. ISSN 1030-1887. Wikidata Q59678101.
  3. ^ 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: 7. ISSN 0155-4131. Wikidata Q121247600. Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 September 2021.