Hydnophytum formicarum

Hydnophytum formicarum
	Hydnophytum formicarum
Systematics
	Asterids
	Euasterids I
Order :	Enzianartige (Gentianales)
Family :	Red family (Rubiaceae)
Genre :	Hydnophytum
Type :	Hydnophytum formicarum
Scientific name
	Hydnophytum formicarum
	Jack

Hydnophytum formicarum is a plant species from the genus Hydnophytum and at the same time the type species of the genus.

features

Hydnophytum formicarum is an epiphytic small shrub with a spherical tuber, which reaches up to 25 centimeters in diameter. The simple or slightly branched shoots are up to 20 centimeters long. The elliptical to broadly lanceolate leaves sit on a 4 millimeter long stem and are 7 to 10 inches long and up to 5 inches wide. The tip of the leaf is rounded. The leaf blade branches into 7 to 12 lateral veins . The elliptical tips of the white corolla are drawn together like a hood. The orange-colored fruits are 6 to 7 millimeters in diameter.

Occurrence

Hydnophytum formicarum occurs from Indochina to New Guinea.

swell

Urs Eggli (ed.): Succulent lexicon . tape 2 : Dicotyledonous plants (dicotyledons) . Ulmer, Stuttgart 2002, ISBN 3-8001-3915-4 , p. 466 .

Individual evidence

↑ Rafaël Govaerts (Ed.): Hydnophytum formicarum. In: World Checklist of Selected Plant Families (WCSP) - The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew . Retrieved June 3, 2020.

Web links

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[WCSP-1] Rafaël Govaerts (Ed.): Hydnophytum formicarum. In: World Checklist of Selected Plant Families (WCSP) - The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew . Retrieved June 3, 2020.