Hardenbergia
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Hardenbergia is a small genus
of leguminous vines from Australia
.
The genus was named in honour of Franziska Countess von Hardenberg, by English botanist George Bentham
, in 1837.
There are three species as follows:
Genus
In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...
of leguminous vines from Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
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The genus was named in honour of Franziska Countess von Hardenberg, by English botanist George Bentham
George Bentham
George Bentham CMG FRS was an English botanist, characterized by Duane Isely as "the premier systematic botanist of the nineteenth century".- Formative years :...
, in 1837.
There are three species as follows:
- Hardenbergia comptoniana (Andrews) Benth.
- Hardenbergia perbrevidens R.J.F.Hend.
- Hardenbergia violaceaHardenbergia violaceaHardenbergia violacea is a species of Australian flowering plant, known in Australia by the common names false sarsaparilla, purple coral pea, happy wanderer, native lilac and waraburra . It often grows as a climbing vine, but also as a subshrub.It is used as a landscape plant in the southwestern U.S...
(Schneev.) Stearn (False Sarsparilla, Purple Coral Pea, Waraburra)