Hydnophytum tetrapterum Becc.
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https://doi.org/10.3767/blumea.2019.64.01.02 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03FBBD64-FFE1-812D-FC89-5CC47821FD4A |
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Hydnophytum tetrapterum Becc. |
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47. Hydnophytum tetrapterum Becc. View in CoL — Fig. 50 View Fig
Hydnophytum tetrapterum Becc.(1884) 126; (1885) 173,t. 42:1–3. — Type: Beccari 5529 (FI),New Guinea,West Papua Province,Sorong,Wa-Samson river, Feb. 1875.
Tuber not known. Stems numerous, spreading, to 40 cm long, 0.6 cm diam. Internodes to 9 cm, to just 1 cm when fertile; quadrangular and winged, especially immediately below nodes. Lamina lanceolate to obovate; 5 by 2 to 11 by 5.5 cm; apex blunt to acute; base acuminate to tapered; thin to leathery, light green in colour; midrib pronounced below, veins 5–7. Petiole short, 0.3–1 cm; stipules to 0.6 cm, triangular, caducous. Inflorescence paired, sessile, sometimes bract-covered. Flowers unknown. Fruit to 7 mm, ovoid. Pyrenes to 4.5 mm.
Ecology & Habitat — Forest at low altitude.
Distribution — Indonesia (West Papua Province).
Conservation status — Vulnerable (VU) under criteria D2 with the two specimens 125 km apart.
Note — The winged internodes and leaf shape resemble H. kebarense [21], but the tuber is quite distinct.
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