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

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.[1][2]
Occurrence data from AVH
Synonyms[3]
Bredemeyera integerrima (Endl.) Steenis Comesperma scandens Steud.

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

External links

• Comesperma integerrimum occurrence data from the Australasian Virtual Herbarium

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