Author: | C.R. Huxley &
M.H.P. Jebb,
1991
|
Family: |
RUBIACEAE |
Origin: |
Papua New
Guinea
|
Soil: |
No;
Epiphytic - Moss |
Water:
|
Maximum |
Sun: |
Minimum - Medium |
Thickness: |
20 Centimetres |
Height: |
40 Centimetres |
Flower:
|
White |
Propagate: |
Seeds |
Names:
|
- |
Synonyms: |
- |
This member of the Rubiaceae
family was given this name by
Camilla Rose Huxley and
Matthew H. P. Jebb in 1991. It is found
in Papua New
Guinea, growing as
an epiphytic in rainforests with lots of water and little to some sun. The flat caudex can grow to
20
centimetres in diameter but only five centimetres high, the several,
branched stems grow to 35 centimetres. The
flowers are white, the fruits orange.
The genera name from Green
anthos; 'flower' and rhiza; 'root' for the root-derived
spines around the flowers. The specific name honours Peter
Stevens, who gathered the only known collection.
Huxley & Jebb's key
to the Anthorrhiza genera can be found on the
Anthorrhiza
areolata page. A key
to the genera of the HYDNOPHYTTNAE is found on the
Myrmecodia alata
page. |