Ripogonum elseyanum F.Muell. is a plant in the Ripogonaceae family, order Liliales, kingdom Plantae. Not known to be toxic.

Photo of Ripogonum elseyanum F.Muell. (Ripogonum elseyanum F.Muell.)
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Ripogonum elseyanum F.Muell.

Ripogonum elseyanum F.Muell.

Ripogonum elseyanum (hairy supplejack) is an Australian native vine or shrub from eastern Australian coastal rainforests, named after Joseph Ravenscroft Elsey.

Family
Genus
Ripogonum
Order
Liliales
Class
Liliopsida

About Ripogonum elseyanum F.Muell.

Ripogonum elseyanum, which has the common name hairy supplejack, is a climbing vine that sometimes grows as a shrub. It is native to coastal rainforests located in New South Wales and Queensland, Australia. Ferdinand von Mueller named this species to honor surgeon and naturalist Joseph Ravenscroft Elsey (1834–1857), who accompanied Mueller on the 1856 expedition led by Augustus Gregory.

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Taxonomy

Plantae Tracheophyta Liliopsida Liliales Ripogonaceae Ripogonum

More from Ripogonaceae

Sources: GBIF, iNaturalist, Wikipedia, NCBI Taxonomy · Disclaimer

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