SQUAMELLARIA IMBERBIS

Author:
Odoardo Beccari, 1886
Family:
RUBIACEAE
Origin:
Elevation:
Publisher:
Malesia 2: 228 (1886)
Collection number:
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Thickness:
18 Centimetres
Height:
60 Centimetres
Propagate:
Seeds
CITES:
Synonyms:
Myrmecodia imberbis, A. Gray, 1858.
Hydnophytum imberbe, Bentham & Hooker, 1890.
Hydnophytum wilsonii, Horne ex Baker
Squamellaria wilsonii, Becc.

The genera name refers to the presence of fringed scales, or squamellae, which are produced within the petals in some species. The species is named means 'spineless'. See the key to the species of Squamellaria on the Squamellaria guppyana page. A key to the genera of the HYDNOPHYTTNAE is found on the Myrmecodia alata page.

Flower
White
Soil
Epiphytic
Water
Maximum
Sun
Minimum - Medium