Hydnophytum subsessile Valeton

Jebb, M. H. P. & Huxley, C. R., 2019, The tuberous epiphytes of the Rubiaceae 7: a revision of the genus Hydnophytum, Blumea 64, pp. 23-91 : 86

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.3767/blumea.2019.64.01.02
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.16883034
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03FBBD64-FFE8-8124-FFD0-5EFE7DC8FB91
treatment provided by	Felipe
scientific name	Hydnophytum subsessile Valeton
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c. Hydnophytum subsessile Valeton View in CoL

Hydnophytum subsessile Valeton (1927) 142. — Type: Lauterbach 3164 (B not seen, presumed lost), Papua New Guinea.

Description taken from Valeton (1927):“ Tuber 9 cm diam.Branches thick (8 mm), bark smooth. Leaves subsessile, obtuse-obovate, base rounded. Inflorescences sessile.”

Ecology & Habitat — Unknown.

Distribution — Papua New Guinea (Sepik Province).

Note — This species is only very sparsely described in Valeton (1927), and there are no manuscript drawings. We have not seen the type, and the description is inadequate to identify it with a known taxon. There are no further details to a location.