Leichhardtia (plant)
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''Leichhardtia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the dogbane family ( Apocynaceae). It includes 85 species native to mainland Australia, Papuasia,
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, and Lord Howe Island.


Species

85 species are currently accepted: *'' Leichhardtia ambuntiensis'' – eastern New Guinea *'' Leichhardtia arachnoidea'' – New Guinea *'' Leichhardtia araujacea'' – northeastern Queensland *'' Leichhardtia archboldiana'' – eastern New Guinea *'' Leichhardtia arfakensis'' – western New Guinea *'' Leichhardtia argillicola'' – western New Guinea *'' Leichhardtia assimulata'' – central and southern New Caledonia *''
Leichhardtia australis ''Leichhardtia australis'', commonly known as the bush banana, silky pear or green vine is an Australian native plant. It is found in Central Australia and throughout Western Australia. It is a bush tucker food used by Indigenous Australians.Pe ...
'' – central and western Australia *'' Leichhardtia belensis'' – western New Guinea *'' Leichhardtia bilobata'' – eastern New Guinea *'' Leichhardtia bliriensis'' – eastern New Guinea *'' Leichhardtia brassii'' – eastern New Guinea *'' Leichhardtia brevifolia'' – eastern Queensland *'' Leichhardtia brevis'' – eastern Queensland *'' Leichhardtia brunnea'' – eastern New Guinea *'' Leichhardtia carrii'' – eastern New Guinea *'' Leichhardtia connivens'' – northern Northern Territory and northern Queensland *'' Leichhardtia coronata'' – southeastern Queensland *'' Leichhardtia cremea'' – eastern New Guinea *'' Leichhardtia cymulosa'' – northern Queensland *'' Leichhardtia destituta'' – eastern New Guinea *'' Leichhardtia dischidioides'' – western New Guinea *'' Leichhardtia divisicola'' – eastern New Guinea *'' Leichhardtia dognyensis'' – northern and Central New Caledonia *'' Leichhardtia egregia'' – eastern New Guinea *'' Leichhardtia ericoides'' – southeastern New Caledonia *'' Leichhardtia flavescens'' – southeastern Queensland to Eastern Victoria *'' Leichhardtia flavida'' – eastern New Guinea *'' Leichhardtia fraseri'' – central-eastern and southeastern Queensland and northeastern New South Wales *'' Leichhardtia glabrata'' – New Guinea *'' Leichhardtia glandulifera'' – northern Western Australia, Northern Territory, and northern and eastern Queensland *'' Leichhardtia globosa'' – eastern New Guinea *'' Leichhardtia gonoloboides'' – New Guinea *'' Leichhardtia goromotoorum'' – west-central New Caledonia *'' Leichhardtia grandis'' – eastern New Guinea *'' Leichhardtia jensenii'' – northeastern Queensland *'' Leichhardtia kaalaensis'' – northwestern New Caledonia *'' Leichhardtia kebarensis'' – western New Guinea *'' Leichhardtia kempteriana'' – New Guinea *'' Leichhardtia koniamboensis'' – New Caledonia *'' Leichhardtia kuniensis'' – New Caledonia (Isle of Pines) *'' Leichhardtia lacicola'' – Bismarck Archipelago *'' Leichhardtia liisae'' – northeastern New South Wales *'' Leichhardtia lloydii'' – eastern Queensland and eastern New South Wales *'' Leichhardtia longiloba'' – southeastern Queensland and northeastern New South Wales *'' Leichhardtia lorea'' – New Guinea *'' Leichhardtia lyonsioides'' – northern and Central New Caledonia *'' Leichhardtia mackeeorum'' – east-central and southeastern New Caledonia *'' Leichhardtia micradenia'' – eastern Queensland *'' Leichhardtia microlepis'' – northeastern and eastern Queensland *'' Leichhardtia millariae'' – eastern New Guinea *'' Leichhardtia mira'' – western New Guinea *'' Leichhardtia neocaledonica'' – northwestern and west-northwestern New Caledonia *'' Leichhardtia neomicrostoma'' – northern and west-northwestern New Caledonia *'' Leichhardtia nigriflora'' – east-central and southeastern New Caledonia *'' Leichhardtia oubatchensis'' – northern New Caledonia *'' Leichhardtia paludicola'' – northern Queensland *'' Leichhardtia papillosa'' – eastern New Guinea *'' Leichhardtia papuana'' – eastern New Guinea *'' Leichhardtia parva'' – western New Guinea *'' Leichhardtia paulforsteri'' – southeastern New Caledonia *'' Leichhardtia poioensis'' – eastern New Guinea *'' Leichhardtia praestans'' – New Guinea *'' Leichhardtia primulina'' – eastern New Guinea *'' Leichhardtia pumila'' – central-eastern Queensland *'' Leichhardtia quadrata'' – eastern New Guinea *'' Leichhardtia racemosa'' – northern Australia to northeastern New South Wales *'' Leichhardtia rara'' – northeastern Queensland (near Cairns) *''
Leichhardtia rostrata ''Leichhardtia rostrata'', Synonym (taxonomy), synonym ''Marsdenia rostrata'', is a common climbing plant found in eastern Australia (Lord Howe Island, New South Wales, Queensland, Victoria). This member of the Apocynaceae, dogbane family features ...
'' – eastern Queensland, eastern New South Wales, eastern Victoria, and Lord Howe Island *'' Leichhardtia spathulata'' – Solomon Islands *'' Leichhardtia speciosa'' – New Caledonia *'' Leichhardtia suaveolens'' – central-eastern and southeastern New South Wales *'' Leichhardtia subglobosa'' – eastern New Guinea *'' Leichhardtia torsiva'' – eastern New Guinea *'' Leichhardtia trilobata'' – eastern New Guinea *'' Leichhardtia tubulosa'' – Lord Howe Island (Mt. Gower) *'' Leichhardtia tumida'' – New Guinea *'' Leichhardtia tylophoroides'' – New Caledonia *'' Leichhardtia variabilis'' – eastern New Guinea *'' Leichhardtia variifolia'' – west-northwestern New Caledonia *'' Leichhardtia velutina'' – northern Australia *'' Leichhardtia venusta'' – eastern New Guinea *'' Leichhardtia viridiflora'' – New Guinea and northern and eastern Australia *'' Leichhardtia volcanica'' – Solomon Islands *'' Leichhardtia weberlingiana'' – north-central New Caledonia (col de Hô)


References

Apocynaceae genera Australasian realm flora Taxa named by Robert Brown (botanist, born 1773) Asclepiadoideae {{Apocynaceae-stub