Author: | C.R. Huxley &
M.H.P. Jebb,
1991
|
Family: |
RUBIACEAE |
Origin: |
Morobe: Wau in
Papua New
Guinea
|
Soil: |
No;
Epiphytic - Moss |
Water:
|
Maximum |
Sun: |
Minimum - Medium |
Thickness: |
30 Centimetres |
Height: |
50 Centimetres |
Flower:
|
White |
Propagate: |
Seeds |
Names:
|
- |
Synonyms: |
- |
This member of the Rubiaceae
family was given this name by
Camilla Rose Huxley and
Matthew H. P. Jebb in 1991. It is found
in Morobe: Wau in
Papua New
Guinea, growing as
an epiphyte with
quite some water and some sun. The rather flat caudex can grow to 30
centimetres in diameter, twelve centimetres high. The one or even
three un-branched stems can teach 45 centimetres. The
flowers are white to greenish white, the fruits are yellow-orange.
The genera name from Green
anthos; 'flower' and rhiza; 'root' for the root-derived
spines around the flowers. The specific name draws attention
to the large golden spines which readily distinguish this species
from A. caerulea in the field, which tends to be more
blackish brown.
Huxley & Jebb's key
to the Anthorrhiza genera can be found on the
Anthorrhiza
areolata page. A key
to the genera of the HYDNOPHYTTNAE is found on the
Myrmecodia alata
page. |