Calystegia Marginata
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''Calystegia marginata'' is a species of
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, found in eastern
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. A hairless and vigorous perennial climbing plant, with twining stems. The habitat is moist gullies in sclerophyll forest and on rainforest margins, widespread on the coast and ranges of eastern Australia.This is one of the many plants first published by Robert Brown with the type known as "(J.) v.v." appearing in his ''
Prodromus Florae Novae Hollandiae et Insulae Van Diemen ''Prodromus Florae Novae Hollandiae et Insulae Van Diemen'' (Prodromus of the Flora of New Holland and Van Diemen's Land) is a flora of Australia written by botanist Robert Brown and published in 1810. Often referred to as ''Prodromus Flora Novae ...
'' in 1810. The specific epithet ''marginata'' is derived from Latin, probably referring to the habitat being the margins of
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s.Les Robinson – Field Guide to the Native Plants of Sydney, page 330


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Calystegia Plants described in 1810 Flora of New South Wales Flora of Queensland Flora of Victoria (state) Flora of New Zealand Taxa named by Robert Brown (botanist, born 1773) {{Solanales-stub