| Author: | Odoardo Beccari, 1886
|
| Family: |
RUBIACEAE |
| Origin: |
Vanua Levu; Fiji |
| Soil: |
Epiphytic |
| Water:
|
Maximum |
| Sun: |
Minimum - Medium |
| Thickness: |
18
Centimetres |
| Height: |
60
Centimetres |
| Flower:
|
White |
| Propagate: |
Seeds |
| Names:
|
Ant
Plant |
| Synonyms: |
Myrmecodia
imberbis, A. Gray,
1858.
Hydnophytum imberbe, Bentham & Hooker, 1890.
Hydnophytum wilsonii, Horne ex Baker
Squamellaria wilsonii, Becc. |
This epiphytic
member of
the Rubiaceae
family was given this name by
Odoardo Baccari in 1886. It is only found on
the Fiji Island of Vanua Levu.
The hollow caudex can grow up to 18 centimetres in diameter and the
entire plant 60
centimetres high.
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. |
