Ripogonum elseyanum

Ripogonum elseyanum
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Monocots
Order:	Liliales
Family:	Ripogonaceae
Genus:	Ripogonum
Species:	R. elseyanum
Binomial name
Ripogonum elseyanum F.Muell.[1][2]

Ripogonum elseyanum, commonly known as hairy supplejack, is a climbing vine, or sometimes a shrub, native to coastal rainforests of New South Wales and Queensland, Australia.[1][2][3]

The species was named by Mueller to honour the surgeon and naturalist, Joseph Ravenscroft Elsey (1834–1857), who was with Mueller on the 1856 expedition led by Augustus Gregory.[4]

References

1. "Ripogonum elseyanum F.Muell.". Australian Plant Name Index (APNI), IBIS database. Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government. Retrieved 11 July 2013.
2. Harden, Gwen J. (1993). Flora of New South Wales (1st ed.). Kensington NSW: New South Wales University Press. p. 41. ISBN 0868401889.
3. "Hairy supplejack – Ripogonum elseyanum, WetlandInfo". Department of Environment and Heritage Protection, Queensland. Retrieved 10 July 2013.
4. A. H. Chisholm, 'Elsey, Joseph Ravenscroft (1834–1857)', Australian Dictionary of Biography, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/elsey-joseph-ravenscroft-3481/text5331, published first in hardcopy 1972, accessed online 28 July 2018.