Dimorphanthera lancifolia Sleumer

Species

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Characteristics

Epiphytic shrub, glabrous. Branchlets slender, obtusangular. Leaves scattered, lanceolate, apex subcaudate-acuminate for c. 2 cm, +-falcate and acute, base narrowed, subcoriaceous, rather regularly and finely crenulate by +-impressed, setular, +-caducous, 3-5 mm spaced glands, 9.5 by 1.5-2 cm, 5-plinerved from and from c. 1 cm above the base (outer pair often ± indistinct), midrib and nerves +-impressed or flat above, prominent beneath, veins slightly raised beneath only, reticulation +-obscure; petiole 4-6(-7) by 1.5 mm. Fascicles 3-6(-8)-flowered, from foliate and defoliate axils; rachis almost 0. Pedicels 12 by 1 mm. Bracteoles subbasal, subulate, glandular-fimbriate. Calyx tube subcylindric, base truncate, 1.5-2 mm, limb erecto-patent, 2-2.5 mm, lobes much depressedly ovate, apiculate or obtuse, c. 0.6 mm. Corolla tubular, fleshy, white, glabrous, c. 1.4 cm, c. 4 mm ø at base, c. 6 mm across limb, lobes acute, c. 2 mm. Stamens 9 and 7 mm; major stamens: filaments appressed-hairy upwards, c. 4 mm; cells narrow-oblong, base rostrate, 7 mm including the 2.5 mm long tubules; processes +-connate, hirsutulous, c. 1 mm longer. Disk glabrous. Style slender, glabrous, c. 2 cm.
Life form perennial
Growth form shrub
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Foliage retention evergreen
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Epiphyte on tall tree in high forest, c. 1525 m. Fl.--09.
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Distribution

Dimorphanthera lancifolia world distribution map, present in Papua New Guinea

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:327801-1
WFO ID wfo-0000647865
COL ID 367DC
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Synonyms

Dimorphanthera lancifolia