MYRMECODIA SCHLECHTERI
Author:
Theodoric Valeton, 1927
Family:
RUBIACEAE
Origin:
Elevation:
Publisher:
Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 61: 146 (1927)
Collection number:
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Thickness:
7-11 Centimetres
Height:
70 Centimetres
Propagate:
–
CITES:
Synonyms:
Myrmecodia schlechteri subsp. eraveensis, Huxley & Jebb.
Myrmecodia schlechteri subsp. kopiagoensis, Huxley & Jebb.
Myrmecodia schlechteri var. longispina, Huxley & Jebb.
Myrmecodia schlechteri subsp. pendula, Huxley & Jebb.
This member of the Rubiaceae family was given this name by Theodoric Valeton in 1927. It is found in eastern Papua New Guinea, growing as an epiphyte with lots of water and some sun. The caudex can grow from seven to eleven centimetres in diameter, the entire plant to 70 centimetres in height - or low. The flowers are white.
The genera name means 'ant head'. The species name after Friedrich Richard Rudolf Schlechter, 20th century botanist. A key to the genera of the HYDNOPHYTTNAE is found on the Myrmecodia alata page.
Flower
White Propagate : Seeds
Soil
Epiphytic
Water
Maximum
Sun
Medium
