Polygonaceae |
Homalocladium platycladum (F. J. Muell.) L. H. Bailey
- Query IPNI
- Common Name: Ribbon Plant, Centipede Plant
- Family: Polygonaceae Juss.
- Country of Origin: Solomon Islands, Papau New Guinea
- Habitat:
- Description: [syn. Muelenbeckia platyclada (F.J. Muell.) Meissn.]
Centipede Plant, Tapeworm Plant, Ribbonbush One species in genus, a shrub, native to the Solomon Islands; stems flat, articulated, striate, usually leafless in flowering stage; leaves lanceolate, 0.5 to 2.5 inches long, often lobed at the base; flowers small, greenish, in little sessile clusters at alternate joints, calyx deeply 5-parted, stamens 8, stigmas 3; fruit an achene, triangular, smooth, enclosed by enlarged, deep-red or pruplish calyx.
Images of this accession: {and/or its current location}
 Accession Data:- Accession # 198500597
- Source: Unknown
- Accession Date: 12-31-1985
- Bench: 2114 - NW Side bench
- Qty: 2 confirmed on 05-12-2008
Classification:- Division: Magnoliophyta
- Class: Magnoliopsida
- SubClass: core eudicots
- Order: Caryophyllales
- SubOrder:
- Family: Polygonaceae
- SubFamily:
- Tribe:
- SubTribe:
References:Hortus Third, LH Bailey Hortorium, 1976
page generated on Wed, 14 May 2008 06:46:22 -0400
|
