Pandorea baileyana

Location & distribution maps

Plant  information

Common name:         Large-leaved Wonga Vine

Conservation status: Least concern

Etymology:   

• The genus name is a reference to Pandora of Greek mythology who opened a jar (Pandora's box) releasing all the evils of humanity, alluding to the many-seeded capsules produced by species of Pandorea

• The specific epithet (baileyana) honours Frederick Manson Bailey

Flowers

• The flowers are arranged in leaf axils in groups 100–300 mm long, the five sepals 3–4 mm  long

• The petal tube is 10–15 mm long and 2–4 mm in diameter, cream-coloured and pink in the throat with lobes 2–3 mm long

• Flowering occurs from September to March

Fruit:                            

Leaves:         

• Its leaves are usually arranged in opposite pairs and are 130–300 mm long 

• Seven or nine egg-shaped leaflets 55–140 mm long and 20–55 mm wide

• Each leaf is glabrous with prominent main veins, on a petiole 20–70 mm long, each leaflet on a petiolule 2–3 mm long

Stem & branches: 

Roots:         

Habit:        

• A woody climber

Habitat:   

• Rainforest 

Distribution:                  

• Endemic to eastern Australia

• From south-eastern Queensland to Minyon Falls in northern NSW

Additional notes:     

• Taxonomy

  • This species was first formally described in 1896 by Joseph Maiden and Richard Thomas Baker, who gave it the name Tecome baileyana in the Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales

  • Specimens collected near Mullumbimby Creek by William Baeuerlen

  • In 1927, Cornelius van Steenis changed the name to Pandorea baileyana

Sources of information:

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pandorea_baileyana (Feb 2024)

• https://apps.des.qld.gov.au/species-search/details/?id=10956 (Feb 2024)