Ventilago ecorollata

Ventilago ecorollata is a species of plant in the family Rhamnaceae native to eastern Queensland, Australia.

Description

Ventilago ecorollata is a vine with a stem reaching up to diameter. The leaves are simple and arranged alternately on the twigs, and they have small crenulations on the leaf edges. They measure up to long and wide, and are held on a very short petiole. Stipules are hairy and about long.
Flowers are borne on racemes that emerge from the. The calyx tube, or hypanthium, is about wide and has five lobes, each about long. There are no petals. The fruits are samaras with a single wing attached at the apex.

Taxonomy

It was originally described and named by Ferdinand von Mueller in 1875, placing it in the genus Berchemia. The specimen he worked from was collected by John Dallachy from 'Rockingham's Bay', but there were no fruits in the collection. In 1880, after examining new material with fruit, Mueller moved the species to the current genus Ventilago.

Conservation

This species is listed as least concern under the Queensland Government's Nature Conservation Act., it has not been assessed by the International Union for Conservation of Nature.