Hydnophytum puffii

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Family: Rubiaceae

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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

Uses:

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USDA Zone:

Source: Frank Omilian

Provenance:

This accession can be traced back to #95007 at Leiden Botanical Garden, Netherlands.

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Classification:

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

References:

1. 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)

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