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''Fieldia australis'', usually referred to as Fieldia is a small climbing plant or epiphyte 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. The plant uses adventitious roots to grip hold of tree trunks, mossy rocks or tree ferns. 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. Flowering occurs mostly in summer or autumn, being an attractive, relatively long thin white flower. 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.〔(【引用サイトリンク】work= PlantNET - NSW Flora Online )〕 ==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 New South Wales, amateur naturalist and editor of the book ''Geographical Memoirs on New South Wales'' in which the genus and species name were first published. In a paper published in the ''Edinburgh Journal of Botany'' in 1999, English botanist Brian Laurence Burtt included the monotypic genus ''Lenbrassia'' in ''Fieldia'' creating the new combination ''Fieldia australiana'' (C.T. White) B.L. Burtt (syn. ''Lenbrassia australiana'') for the tree species from northern Queensland. The incorporation of the two species into the one genus has been questioned due to "strong differences in habit, inflorescence and minor floral and fruit characters".〔 File:Fieldia australis 1.jpg|flowering Fieldia at Lamington National Park File:Fieldia Mount Imlay.JPG|fruiting Fieldia at Mount Imlay National Park 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Fieldia (plant)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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