Adenia heterophylla subsp. heterophylla (lacewing vine)


Adenia heterophylla (Blume) Koord. subsp. heterophylla (1961) . 
Adenia heterophylla (Blume) Koord. (1912) . 
Cf.: Adenia heterophylla subsp. australis (R.Br. ex DC.) W.J.de Wilde (1961) . 

Zich et al. (2020) Australian Tropical Rainforest Plants information system (RFK ed. 8), 
quotation: " 

Distribution and Ecology

Occurs in Cape York Peninsula and the wet tropics bio-region NE. Qld. 
Altitudinal range from near sea level to 300 m.
Grows in beach forest, gallery forest and lowland rain forest following disturbance.
Also occurs in New Guinea and other parts of Malesia.

" . 

 

Botanical Scholarly Literature References:  

 

• Australian Plant Name Index (APNI) and Australian Plant Census (APC) (2025):
Council of the Heads of Australasian Herbaria (CHAH):
Adenia heterophylla (Blume) Koord. subsp. heterophylla (1961): → https://id.biodiversity.org.au/name/apni/76011/api/apni-format .
Adenia heterophylla (Blume) Koord. (1912): → https://id.biodiversity.org.au/name/apni/75993/api/apni-format . 
Cf.: Adenia heterophylla subsp. australis (R.Br. ex DC.) W.J.de Wilde (1961): → https://id.biodiversity.org.au/name/apni/76003/api/apni-format . 
Adenia ...: → https://biodiversity.org.au/nsl/services/search/names?product=APNI&tree.id=&name=Adenia&inc._scientific=&inc.scientific=on&max=100&display=&search=true
Viewed: 2025 September 20th . 

 

• Zich Frank A, Bernie P M Hyland, Trevor Whiffin, Raelee A Kerrigan (2020) [1971]
Australian Tropical Rainforest Plants information system and botanical matrix identification key - edition 8 ('RFK 8'): 
Adenia heterophylla (Blume) Koord. subsp. heterophylla fact sheet: → https://apps.lucidcentral.org/rainforest/text/entities/adenia_heterophylla_subsp._heterophylla.htm . 
Cf.: Adenia heterophylla subsp. australis (R.Br. ex DC.) W.J.de Wilde fact sheet: → https://apps.lucidcentral.org/rainforest/text/entities/adenia_heterophylla_subsp._australis.htm . 
Main site web page: → https://apps.lucidcentral.org/rainforest/
Viewed: 2025 September 20th .

 

• Queensland Herbarium (2025)
Census of the Queensland Flora and Fungi 2024.
Adenia heterophylla (Blume) Koord. subsp. heterophylla – "Nature Conservation Act (NCA) Status : Least Concern" .
Queensland Department of Environment, Tourism, Science and Innovation, Queensland Government.
→ http://www.data.qld.gov.au/dataset/census-of-the-queensland-flora-and-fungi-2024
Dataset Accessed: 2025 July 19th . 

 

• Cooper, Wendy and William T (2004 June) 
Fruits of the Australian Tropical Rainforest.
—pages: 390–391 as simply Adenia heterophylla (Blume) Koord. .
Clifton Hill, Victoria, Australia: Nokomis Editions. ISBN 9780958174213 . 

.


Gallery

827,567 sightings of 23,515 species from 15,135 members
CCA 3.0 | privacy
NatureMapr is developed by at3am IT Pty Ltd and is proudly Australian made