Hydnophytum radicans
| Hydnophytum radicans | |
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| At Cairns Botanic Gardens | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Gentianales |
| Family: | Rubiaceae |
| Genus: | Hydnophytum |
| Species: | H. radicans
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| Binomial name | |
| Hydnophytum radicans | |
Hydnophytum moseleyanum is a plant in the coffee and gardenia family Rubiaceae native to the Maluku Islands and New Guinea. It is an epiphyte that inhabits mangrove forest and rainforest, and it forms a symbiotic relationship with certain species of ants. It was first described in 1884 by the Italian botanist Odoardo Beccari, and published in his book Malesia.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Hydnophytum radicans Becc". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 2024. Retrieved 15 August 2024.
- ^ Beccari, Odoardo (1884). Malesia. Genoa: Istituto Sordomuti. p. 123. Retrieved 15 August 2024.
External links
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