The hairy form from Central
Highlands, Viti Levu Island, Fiji. Photo by Derrick Rowe.
The hairy form from particularly Central Highlands, Viti
Levu Island, Fiji. Photo by Derrick Rowe.
The hairy form from Central
Highlands, Viti Levu Island, Fiji with Astelia montana to
its left. Photo by Derrick Rowe.
The hairless form from Colo i Suva Forest Park near Suva, Viti Levu
Island, Fiji. Photo by Derrick Rowe. |
| Author: | Guillaume
Chomicki, 2016 |
| Family: |
RUBIACEAE |
| Origin: |
Viti Levu,
Ovalau, Caroline Island; Fiji |
| Soil: |
Epiphytic |
| Water:
|
Medium |
| Sun: |
Medium -
Maximum |
| Thickness: |
30 Centimetres? |
| Height: |
50 Centimetres? |
| Flower:
|
White |
| Propagate: |
Seeds |
| Names:
|
Ant Plant |
| Synonyms: |
Might
be. Squamellaria wilsonii, Guillaume Chomicki, 2016.
Hydnophytum longiflorum, Asa Gray, 1860.
Hydnophytum horneanum, Becc. 1884.
Hydnophytum tenuiflorum,
Becc. 1884.
Hydnophytum wilkinsonii, Horne. 1883. |
This member of the Rubiaceae family was given this name by Guillaume
Chomicki in 2016. It is found
in Fiji on Viti Levu, Ovalau and Caroline Island (and Solomon Islands?), growing epiphytic with
some water and some to lots sun. The caudex might grow to 30
centimetres in diameter, the entire plant might grow to 50 centimetres in
height. The
flowers are white. The
genera name refers to the presence of fringed scales, or
squamellae, which are produced within the petals in some
species. The species name means 'lender flowered'.
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. |
The hairless form from Colo i Suva Forest Park near Suva, Viti Levu
Island, Fiji. Photo by Derrick Rowe.
The hairless form from Colo i Suva Forest Park near Suva, Viti Levu
Island, Fiji. Photo by Derrick Rowe. |
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