Leichhardtia flavescens

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
Eastwood, Australia
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 (A.Cunn.) P.I.Forst.
Synonyms[2]
Marsdenia flavescens A.Cunn. Pergularia flavescens (A.Cunn.) D.Dietr.

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]