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Muehlenbeckia adpressa, commonly known as climbing lignum, is a prostrate or climbing plant, native to Australia.[5] It has thin red-brown stems up to 1 metre (3 ft 3 in) in length. The leaves are 1.5–6 centimetres (0.59–2.36 in) long and 1.5–3.5 centimetres (0.59–1.38 in) wide. It occurs in coastal areas of Western Australia, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria and New South Wales.[5]

Climbing lignum
M. adpressa (as Polygonum adpressum Plate 3145,Curtis's Botanical Magazine)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Order:	Caryophyllales
Family:	Polygonaceae
Genus:	Muehlenbeckia
Species:	M. adpressa
Binomial name
Muehlenbeckia adpressa (Labill.) Meisn.[2][3]
Synonyms
List[4] Polygonum adpressum Labill. Calacinum adpressum (Labill.) Raf. Coccoloba appressa Meisn. ex Steud. Muehlenbeckia adpressa var. flexuosa (Meisn.) Benth. Muehlenbeckia adpressa var. rotundifolia Benth. Muehlenbeckia flexuosa Meisn. Polygonum appressum (Meisn. ex Steud.) Steud. Polygonum flexuosum (Meisn.) Kuntze Sarcogonum adpressum (Labill.) G.Don Sarcogonum depressum G.Don ex Loudon

Taxonomy

The species was first described in 1805 by Jacques Labillardière, as Polygonum adpressum.[2][6] It was transferred to the genus Muehlenbeckia in 1843 by Carl Meissner.[7][3] Some sources, including Plants of the World Online, regard M. adpressa as a synonym of M. australis.[8] Others treat them as separate species.[9]

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  At Loch Ard Gorge, Victoria

References

External links

• Muehlenbeckia adpressa occurrence data from Australasian Virtual Herbarium
• "Muehlenbeckia adpressa". FloraBase. Western Australian Government Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions.

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