Stemona australiana
Introduction '''''Stemona australiana''''' is a plant species native to tropical south-east Asia, including northern Australia and Papua New Guinea. It grows as a herb or climber up to two metres high.It was first published by George Bentham in 1878 under the name ''Roxburghia javanica'' var. ''australiana'', indicating that it was considered a variety of the plant now known as ''Stemona javanica''. In 1896 Charles Henry Wright transferred it into ''Stemona'', a name for the genus which had priority over ''Roxburghia'', at the same time promoting it to species rank as ''Stemona australiana''.
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