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Leichhardtia flavescens, synonym Marsdenia flavescens, is a vine found in eastern Australia (New South Wales, Queensland and Victoria).[2] Common names include hairy milk vine,[3] yellow milk vine and native potato.[citation needed]
| Yellow milk vine | |
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| Eastwood, Australia | |
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| Marsdenia flavescens from Curtis' botanical magazine t.3289.[1] | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Gentianales |
| Family: | Apocynaceae |
| Genus: | Leichhardtia |
| Species: | L. flavescens |
| Binomial name | |
| Leichhardtia flavescens | |
| Synonyms[2] | |
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The type specimen and seed was collected in the Illawarra district and described (in 1833) by the explorer Allan Cunningham as Marsdenia flavescens.[4][1] According to the text[1] by 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.
In a 2021 revision of Marsdenia, Paul Forster reassigned the species to the genus, Leichhardtia to give the currently accepted name.[5][6]
The specific epithet flavescens is from Latin, and it refers to the pale yellow flowers.[7]
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