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Hydnophytum radicans

Hydnophytum radicans
Photo: Steve Fitzgerald, CC BY-SA 4.0
Family
Rubiaceae (Coffee family)
Grows as
Epiphyte
Native range
Maluku (Seram, Kep. Kai) to New Guinea (incl. Kep. Aru)
Climate
wet tropical

About

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.

Other Hydnophytum plants

Hydnophytum ferrugineum · Ant Plant · Smooth Ant Plant · Ant plant

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Hydnophytum radicans by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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