Accession Data:
Hydnophytum puffii Y.W.Low, Sugau & K.M.Wong
- Common Name:
- Family: Rubiaceae Juss.
- Country of Origin: Borneo: Sabah
- Description: Hydnophytum puffii is closely related to H. angustifolium Merr. but differs in having glabrous young twigs, 4–5 pairs of leaf secondary veins on the lower leaf surface, a corolla tube that is densely covered with translucent hairs inside the throat around the anthers, and prolate mature fruits. This new taxon is the only species in Borneo to have linear leaves as the other two taxa, namely H. coriaceum Becc. and H. formicarum Jack have broad elliptic leaves.1
Accession Data:
- Accession # 201800107
- Source: Frank Omilian
- Provenance:
This accession can be traced back to #95007 at Leiden Botanical Garden, Netherlands.
Additional Provanance Info - Accession Date: 10-08-2018
- Bench: 1217 - AUS:South Bench W
- Currently: active - healthy
- Qty: 2 confirmed on 01-15-2025
Classification:
- Division: Magnoliophyta
- Class: Magnoliopsida
- SubClass: euasterid I
- Order: Gentianales
- SubOrder:
- Family: Rubiaceae
- SubFamily: Rubioideae
- Tribe: Psychotrieae
- SubTribe: Hydnophytinae
Flowering Data:
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References (internal):
- EEB Greenhouse Holdings native to: Borneo
References (external):
- Low, Yee Wen; Sugau, John B.; Wong, Khoon Meng, Hydnophytum puffii (Rubiaceae: Psychotrieae), a new ant-plant from Sabah, Malaysian Borneo, Plant Ecology and Evolution, Volume 149, Number 1, March 2016, pp. 123-130(8)
data regenerated on Wed, 15 Jan 2025 11:57:05 -0500 [bcm v4.0]
Images:
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Tribe Coussareeae
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Tribe Hedyotideae
Subfamily Rubioideae
Tribe Psychotrieae
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- Hydnophytinae: Hydnophytum formicarum W/C
- Hydnophytinae: Hydnophytum formicarum
- Hydnophytinae: Hydnophytum formicarum
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- Hydnophytinae: Hydnophytum ramispinum
- Hydnophytinae: Hydnophytum simplex
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Tribe Putorieae
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Subfamily Rubioideae
Tribe Rubieae
W/C = Wild Collected
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= accession added within past 90 days