{{Short description|Genus of plants}} {{Use dmy dates|date=July 2019}} {{Speciesbox | image = Geitonoplesium cymosum flowers.jpg | image_caption = Flowers | image2 = Scrambling_Lily_fruit.jpg | image2_caption = Fruit, at Paruna Reserve, Como, New South Wales | status = LC | status_system = QLDNCA | status_ref = {{R|DESQLD}} | taxon = Geitonoplesium cymosum | parent_authority = A.Cunn. ex R.Br.{{R|APNI|POWO}} | authority = (R.Br.) A.Cunn. ex R.Br.{{R|POWO}} | synonyms = {{Species list |header=17 synonyms |hidden=yes |Luzuriaga cymosa |R.Br. |Luzuriaga laxiflora |Hallier f. |Luzuriaga timorensis |(Ridl.) Hallier f. |Eustrephus timorensis |Ridl. |Geitonoplesium asperum |A.Cunn. ex R.Br. |Geitonoplesium cymosum f. album |Schlittler |Geitonoplesium cymosum subsp. angustifolium |Schlittler |Geitonoplesium cymosum subsp. asperum |(A.Cunn. ex R.Br.) Schlittler |Geitonoplesium cymosum subvar. firmum |Schlittler |Geitonoplesium cymosum subf. glabrum |Schlittler |Geitonoplesium cymosum var. laxiflorum |(Hallier f.) Schlittler |Geitonoplesium cymosum subsp. macrophyllum |Schlittler |Geitonoplesium cymosum var. paniculatum |Schlittler |Geitonoplesium cymosum f. rubellum |Schlittler |Geitonoplesium cymosum var. timorense |(Ridl.) Schlittler |Geitonoplesium montanum |(R.Br.) Kunth |Luzuriaga montana |R.Br. }} |synonyms_ref = {{R|POWO}} }}
'''''Geitonoplesium''''' is a genus in the family Asphodelaceae, containing the sole species '''''Geitonoplesium cymosum''''', commonly known as '''scrambling lily'''.{{R|RFK|RBGS}} The species is a perennial evergreen scrambling vine found in rainforests, sclerophyll forests and woodlands of eastern Australia,{{R|RFK}} and parts of Malesia and Melanesia.{{R|POWO|RBGS|FOA}}
The leaves are variable, usually narrow-lanceolate to linear, {{Convert|2|–|10|cm|in|1|abbr=on}} long and {{Convert|3|–|25|mm|in|1|abbr=on}} wide. Both surfaces of the leaves are glossy, with the midvein prominent and raised on the upper surface. The flowers are mauve to white. The globular berries are {{Convert|5|-|11|mm|in|1|abbr=on}} in diameter and contain one or two more or less globular black seeds.{{R|RFK|RBGS}} There is a high degree of variation in the shape of the leaves, which has resulted in the establishment of numerous infraspecific taxa over the years. However, none of these are recognised by leading present-day authorities.<ref name=Laferriere-1995/>
== Taxonomy == The species was first described in 1810 by Robert Brown as ''Luzuriaga cymosa,''<ref name=":0">{{APNI2|name=''Geitonoplesium cymosum''|id=101727|access-date=2025-04-23}}</ref><ref>Brown, R. (27 March 1810), [https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36315559 ''Prodromus florae Novae Hollandiae et insulae Van-Diemen, exhibens characteres plantarum quas annis 1802-1805'': 282]</ref> but in 1832 Allan Cunningham transferred it to the genus ''Geitonoplesium''.<ref name=":0" /><ref>Brown, R. in Hooker, W.J. (ed.) (1832), [https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/495134 ''Botanical Magazine'' 59: t. 3131]</ref>
==Uses== The shoots are edible when boiled, and comparable to asparagus.{{R|LOW|PFAF}}
==References== {{commonscat|Geitonoplesium cymosum}} {{Reflist |refs= <ref name="DESQLD">{{cite web |url=https://apps.des.qld.gov.au/species-search/details/?id=15350 |title=Species profile—''Geitonoplesium cymosum'' |year= |website=Queensland Department of Environment and Science |publisher=Queensland Government |access-date=17 November 2021}}</ref>
<ref name="APNI">{{cite web |url=https://id.biodiversity.org.au/name/apni/101727 |title=''Geitonoplesium cymosum'' |year= |website=Australian Plant Name Index (APNI) |publisher=Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government |access-date=17 November 2021}}</ref>
<ref name="RFK">{{cite web |author=F.A. Zich |author2=B.Hyland |author3=T. Whiffen |author4=R.A. Kerrigan |access-date=26 May 2021 |url=https://apps.lucidcentral.org/rainforest/text/entities/Geitonoplesium_cymosum.htm |title=Geitonoplesium cymosum |website=Australian Tropical Rainforest Plants (RFK8) |publisher=Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government}}</ref>
<ref name="RBGS">{{cite web |url=https://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&lvl=sp&name=Geitonoplesium~cymosum |title=PlantNET - FloraOnline |year= |website=PlantNET (The NSW Plant Information Network System) |publisher=Royal Botanic Gardens and Domain Trust, Sydney |access-date=16 November 2021}}</ref>
<ref name="POWO">{{cite web |url=http://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:535911-1 |title=''Geitonoplesium cymosum'' |website=Plants of the World Online |publisher=Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew |access-date=17 November 2021}}</ref>
<ref name=Laferriere-1995>{{Cite journal | last1= Laferrière | first1= Joseph E. | year= 1995 | title= Nomenclature and type specimens in ''Eustrephus'' R.Br. and ''Geitonoplesium'' Hook. (Geitonoplesiaceae) | journal= Austrobaileya | volume= 4 | issue= 3 | pages= 391–399 | jstor= 41738875 }}</ref>
<ref name="LOW">{{Cite book | last1= Low | first1= Tim | year= 1991 | title= Wild food plants of Australia | edition= revised | location= North Ryde, N.S.W. | publisher= Angus & Robertson | page= 122 | isbn= 9780207169304 }}</ref>
<ref name="PFAF">{{cite web |title=Geitonoplesium cymosum - (R.Br.)A.Cunn. |url=https://pfaf.org/user/Plant.aspx?LatinName=Geitonoplesium+cymosum |website=Plants For A Future |access-date=16 November 2021}}</ref>
<ref name="FOA">{{cite web |url=https://profiles.ala.org.au/opus/foa/profile/Geitonoplesium%20cymosum |title=''Geitonoplesium cymosum'' |last1=Conran |first1=J.G. |last2=Clifford |first2=H.T. |year=2020 |editor-last1= |editor-first1= |website=Flora of Australia |publisher=Australian Biological Resources Study, Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment: Canberra |access-date=16 November 2021}}</ref> }}
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Category:Hemerocallidoideae Category:Monotypic Asphodelaceae genera Category:Bushfood Category:Leaf vegetables Category:Monocots of Australia Category:Flora of Fiji Category:Flora of Malesia Category:Flora of New Guinea Category:Flora of New Caledonia