Accession Data

Myrmecodia platytyrea

Common Name: Ant Plant

Family: Rubiaceae

Country of Origin: New Guinea

Accession Data

USDA Zone: 10a-11

Accession #: 201000052

Accession Date: 2010-04-14 00:00:00

Bloom Status: 🪴 Not Flowering

Location: 4103

Quantity: 1

Source: Frank Omilian

Provenance: Originally from a grower in Florida. I expect this came from the Sepik River area on New Guinea.1

Classification

Division: Magnoliophyta

Class: Magnoliopsida

Subclass: euasterid I

Order: Gentianales

Family: Rubiaceae

SubFamily: Rubioideae

Tribe: Psychotrieae

SubTribe: Hydnophytinae

Flowering Data:

This accession has been observed in bloom on:
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References

  1. Personal communication with Frank Omilian - April 2010

Images

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