RubiaceaeSubfamily Cinchonoideae
Tribe Cinchoneae
Subfamily Cinchonoideae
Tribe Exostemma group
Subfamily Cinchonoideae
Tribe Mussaendeae
Subfamily Cinchonoideae
Tribe Naucleeae
Subfamily Cinchonoideae
Tribe Rondeletieae
Subfamily Ixoroideae
Tribe Coffeeae
Subfamily Ixoroideae
Tribe Gardenieae
Subfamily Ixoroideae
Tribe Ixoreae
Subfamily Rubioideae
Tribe Coussareeae
Subfamily Rubioideae
Tribe Hedyotideae
Subfamily Rubioideae
Tribe Psychotrieae
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Hydnophytum formicarum
- Query IPNI
- Common Name:
- Family: Rubiaceae Juss.
- Country of Origin:
- Habitat:
- Description: A curious 'ant-plant' (myrmecophyte); epiphytic shrub, with large tuberous base 10-12 cm in diameter, without spines, and inhabited by stinging ants which excavate the tuber; several branches with opposite fleshy, oval leaves and small sessile, axillary white flowers and red berries
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   Accession Data:- Accession # 198500652
- Source: Jacks
- Accession Date: 12-31-1985
- Bench: 3212 - Seed Room - Bottom Heat
- Qty: 3 confirmed on 03-27-2008
Classification:- Division: Magnoliophyta
- Class: Magnoliopsida
- SubClass: euasterid I
- Order: Gentianales
- SubOrder:
- Family: Rubiaceae
- SubFamily: Rubioideae
- Tribe: Psychotrieae
- SubTribe: Hydnophytinae
References:
- Exotica 4, by AB Graf, 1982
- Plummer, N., Cultivation of the epiphytic ant-plants Hydnophytum and Myrmecodia, Cactus and Succulent Journal 72:142-147 (2000)
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