Fieldia australis 

Location & distribution maps

Phylogeny & links to associated information:

Wikipedia links:       Angiosperms  > Eudicots > Asterids > Laminales > Gesneriaceae > Fieldia australis  

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Plant  information

Common name:               Fieldia

Conservation status:   unknown

Etymology:   

Flowers:                  

• Flowering occurs mostly in summer or autumn

• Attractive, relatively long thin white flowers

Fruit:                         

• The fruit is a whitish berry with some purple markings

• Egg-shaped or oblong, 1 to 3 cm long, and around 11 mm in diameter

Leaves:         

•  Leaves are 3 to 7 cm long 1 to 3 cm wide

• Reverse ovate or elliptical in shape with toothed edges

• The leaf stem is around 8 mm long

Stem & branches:   

Roots:         

• The plant uses adventitious roots to grip hold of tree trunks, mossy rocks or tree ferns

Habit:        

• A small climbing plant or epiphyte

Habitat:   

• Found in eastern Australian rainforests

• Commonly seen in the cooler rainforests at higher altitudes

• It also grows in the warmer rainforests with a high humidity

Distribution:                  

• Eastern Australia

Additional notes:     

• Taxonomy

  • Fieldia australis was originally described and placed in its own genus Fieldia by botanist Allan Cunningham in 1825.

  • The name Fieldia honours Barron Field (1786–1846), judge of the Supreme Court of NSW, amateur naturalist and editor of the book Geographical Memoirs on NSW in which the genus and species name were first published

  • A second species, Fieldia australiana, was subsequently described

Sources of information:

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fieldia_australis (2023)