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A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z Ripogonum elseyanum Click on images to enlarge

Family Ripogonaceae Scientific Name Ripogonum elseyanum F.Muell. Mueller, F.J.H. von (1858) Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae 1: 44. Type: Australia, C. Moore; holo: MEL.

Common name Flower [not vouchered]. CC-BY J.L. Dowe Hairy Supplejack; Supplejack, Hairy Stem A slender vine not exceeding a stem diameter of 2 cm. Leaves Twigs and petioles clothed in rusty brown hairs. Leaf blades about 9.5-15 x 3.2-5 cm, petioles about 0.2-0.5 cm long, densely clothed in dark brown hairs. Leaf blades 3-veined with the two major lateral veins departing from the midrib about 10 mm from the base. Lateral veins poorly developed. Drip tip well developed, up to 10 mm long. Flowers [not vouchered]. CC-BY J.L. Dowe Flowers Inflorescence up to 10 cm long. Flowers subtended by bracts about 6 x 3 mm. Tepals six, sepals (?) three, ovate, each about 4-5 x 3 mm, petals (?) three, ovate, about 6 x 3 mm. Stamens six, anthers about 5 mm long, filaments about 2 mm long. Ovary globose, about 1.5 mm long, densely clothed in matted brown hairs. Stigma three-lobed. Ovules one per locule. Fruit Fruits about 15 x 15-18 mm. Seeds 1 or 2 per fruit, each seed somewhat flattened, about 8-9 x 708 mm. Embryo straight, about 2-2.5 mm long. Fruit. Copyright CSIRO Seedlings Usually 3 or 4 sheathing cataphylls produced before the first true leaves. First true leaves glabrous, lanceolate to cordate, distinctly 3-veined. Midrib depressed on the upper surface of the leaf blade. Seed germination time 78 days. Distribution and Ecology Endemic to Australia, occurs in NEQ and also in south-eastern Queensland and north-eastern New South Wales. Altitudinal range in NEQ probably not great and probably between 600 and 700 m.

Natural History & Notes Fruit. Copyright CSIRO Slender Vine X RFK Code 2618 CC-BY Australian Tropical Herbarium unless otherwise indicated in the images.

Scale bar 10mm. Copyright CSIRO