Author: |
G. Chomicki & A. Wistuba, 2016 |
Family: |
RUBIACEAE |
Origin: |
Taveuni
Island; Fiji |
Soil: |
Epiphytic |
Water:
|
Medium -
Maximum |
Sun: |
Medium |
Thickness: |
25-40 Centimetres |
Height: |
50 Centimetres |
Flower:
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White |
Propagate: |
Seeds |
Names:
|
Ant Plant |
Synonyms: |
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This member of the Rubiaceae family was given this name by Guillaume
Chomicki and
Andreas Wistuba in 2016. It is found in Fiji, known from the vicinity of Lavena on
Taveuni, where it grows in forest at sea level, and from Waisali
forest reserve in Central Vanua Levu, where it grows at low
elevations. It is an epiphyte, and it receive quite some water and
some sun. The caudex can grow to 25
centimetres in diameter, 40 centimetres long, the entire plant 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 is named
in honour of the American botanist Asa Gray, who described the
first Squamellaria.
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.
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