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Accession Data:

Myrmecodia sp.

  • Common Name:
  • Family: Rubiaceae Juss.

  • Country of Origin: Borneo: Sarawak

Accession Data:

  • Accession # 201800109
  • Source: Frank Omilian
  • Provenance: "The (parent) plant was said to have been from the Malaysian State of Sarawak on the Island of Borneo.

    Given an origin in Sarawak these plants will probably be either Myrmecodia tuberosa ‘bracteata’ or Myrmecodia tuberosa ‘apoensis’."1

    Additional Provenance Info

  • Accession Date: 10-08-2018
  • Bench: 4104 - EPI: East Rack B
    • Currently: active - healthy
    • Qty: 1 confirmed on 02-21-2023

Classification:

  • Division: Magnoliophyta
  • Class: Magnoliopsida
  • SubClass: euasterid I
  • Order: Gentianales
  • SubOrder:
  • Family: Rubiaceae
  • SubFamily: Rubioideae
  • Tribe: Psychotrieae
  • SubTribe: Hydnophytinae

Flowering Data:

This accession has been observed in bloom on:
YearJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
2023
2022
2021
2020
2019

References (internal):

  • Ant Plants (myrmecophytes)

References (external):

  1. Personal communication with Frank Omilian. Last accessed on Monday, October 08, 2018.

data regenerated on Fri, 26 May 2023 16:15:24 -0400 [bcm v4.0]

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W/C = Wild Collected
= indicates flowering in past 14 days
= images available for this accession
= map available for this accession
= accession added within past 90 days
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