Cayratia acris (hairy water vine)


Cayratia acris (F.Muell.) Domin (1912) . 

Harden et al (2024) Rainforest Plants of Au : Rockhampton to Victoria, quotation: "

Habitat and Distribution:

In subtropical rain forest and dry rain forest and semi-deciduous vine thickets; 
north from the Lismore district, N.S.W., to Cape York, N Qld; also N.T. and W.A. and New Guinea.

" . 

Jackes (2023) Flora of Au online: " 

Distribution

Chiefly found from northern New South Wales to the tip of Cape York Peninsula, Queensland,
as well as in isolated localities in the Northern Territory;
also occurs in Papua New Guinea. 

" . 

 

Botanical Scholarly Literature References:   

 

• Australian Plant Name Index (APNI) and Australian Plant Census (APC) (2026): 
Council of the Heads of Australasian Herbaria (CHAH): 
Cayratia acris (F.Muell.) Domin (1912): → https://id.biodiversity.org.au/name/apni/57484/api/apni-format . 
Cayratia ...: → https://biodiversity.org.au/nsl/services/search/names?product=APNI&tree.id=&name=Cayratia&inc._scientific=&inc.scientific=on&max=100&display=&search=true 
Viewed: 2026 March 18th . 

 

• Harden Gwen, Hugh Nicholson, Bill McDonald, Nan Nicholson, Terry Tame and John Williams (2024) [2014]
Rainforest Plants of Au : Rockhampton to Victoria, information system and botanical matrix identification key - edition 2 
Cayratia acris 

Mobile devices (phones and tablets) app.: 
→ https://rainforests.net.au/product/rainforest-plants-of-australia-mobile-app/ 
→ https://rainforestpublishing.com.au/shop/rainforest-plants-of-australia-2-0-mobile-app/ 

Computer (desktops and laptops) software: 
→ https://rainforests.net.au/product/rainforest-plants-of-australia-desktop-app/  
→ https://rainforestpublishing.com.au/publications/ 

Viewed: 2026 March 18th . 

 

• Jackes Betsy, Qld Herbarium (2026) 
Census of the Queensland Flora and Fungi 2024.
Cayratia acris (F.Muell.) Domin – "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 . 

 

Jackes Betsy R. (2023 April 13)
Cayratia acris (F.Muell.) Domin .
In Helen T Kennedy, P.G. Kodela (ed's) .
Flora of Australia.
Australian Biological Resources Study, Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water: Canberra. → https://profiles.ala.org.au/opus/foa/profile/Cayratia%20acris 
Viewed: 2026 March 18th . 

 

• Flora of NSW online PlantNET:
PlantNET (The NSW Plant Information Network System).
Cayratia acris (F.Muell.) Domin: → https://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&lvl=sp&name=Cayratia~acris 
Royal Botanic Gardens and Domain Trust, Sydney.
Viewed: 2026 March 18th . 

 

• Northern Territory Herbarium (2015–) 
FloraNT Northern Territory Flora Online .
Cayratia acris (F.Muell.) Domin fact sheet: → https://eflora.nt.gov.au/factsheet?id=5960 . 
Department of Land Resource Management .
→ http://eflora.nt.gov.au 
Viewed: 2026 March 18th . 

 

• Cooper, Wendy and William T (2004 June) 
Fruits of the Australian Tropical Rainforest.
—pages: 553 (–554).
Clifton Hill, Victoria, Australia: Nokomis Editions. ISBN 9780958174213 . 

 

• Jackes Betsy R (1987) 
Revision of the Australian Vitaceae, 2. Cayratia Juss. . 
Austrobaileya 2 (4): 365–379 . 


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