Comesperma integerrimum

Comesperma integerrimum
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Rosids
Order:	Fabales
Family:	Polygalaceae
Genus:	Comesperma
Species:	C. integerrimum
Binomial name
	Comesperma integerrimum; Endl.
	Occurrence data from AVH
Synonyms
	Bredemeyera integerrima (Endl.) Steenis; Comesperma scandens Steud.

Comesperma integerrimum is a twining shrub or climber in the family Polygalaceae.^[4]

The species was first formally described as Comesperma integerrima by the botanist Stephan Endlicher in Enumeratio plantarum quas in Novae Hollandiae ora austro-occidentali ad fluvium Cygnorum et in sinu Regis Georgii collegit Carolus Liber Baro de Hügel in 1837, from a specimen collected by Charles von Hügel at King George Sound (Western Australia).^[1]^[2]

The species occurs in the states of New South Wales and Western Australia.^[3]^[5]

Description[]

Comesperma integerrimum is a climber growing from 30 cm to 8 m high,^[4] with sparsely branched, ridged stems with appressed hairs between the ridges. The stems are 1 to 2 m long. The leaves are thick and oblanceolate. The inflorescences are terminal on short side branches on stalks abouot 3.5 mm long. The flowers are greenish-yellow. The lateral petals are spoon-like, and the keel is pouched with two lateral lobes.^[5]

References[]

^ ^a ^b "Comespermum integerrimum". Australian Plant Name Index, IBIS database. Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government.
^ ^a ^b Endlicher, S.F.L. (1837). "Polygaleae". In Endlicher, S.F.L.; Fenzl, E.; Bentham, G.; Schott, H.W. (eds.). Enumeratio plantarum quas in Novae Hollandiae ora austro-occidentali ad fluvium Cygnorum et in Sinu Regis Georgii collegit Carolus liber baro de Hügel. p. 7. Retrieved 4 January 2021.
^ ^a ^b "Comesperma integerrimum Endl". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 4 January 2021.
^ ^a ^b "Comesperma integerrimum". FloraBase. Western Australian Government Department of Parks and Wildlife. Retrieved 4 January 2021.
^ ^a ^b Murray, L. (1992). "NSW PlantNET: Comesperma integerrimum". Retrieved 4 January 2021.

External links[]

Comesperma integerrimum occurrence data from the Australasian Virtual Herbarium

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[APNI-1] "Comespermum integerrimum". Australian Plant Name Index, IBIS database. Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government.

[endl-2] Endlicher, S.F.L. (1837). "Polygaleae". In Endlicher, S.F.L.; Fenzl, E.; Bentham, G.; Schott, H.W. (eds.). Enumeratio plantarum quas in Novae Hollandiae ora austro-occidentali ad fluvium Cygnorum et in Sinu Regis Georgii collegit Carolus liber baro de Hügel. p. 7. Retrieved 4 January 2021.

[powo-3] "Comesperma integerrimum Endl". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 4 January 2021.

[florabase-4] "Comesperma integerrimum". FloraBase. Western Australian Government Department of Parks and Wildlife. Retrieved 4 January 2021.

[:0-5] Murray, L. (1992). "NSW PlantNET: Comesperma integerrimum". Retrieved 4 January 2021.

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