Levieria scandens Philipson

Species

Angiosperms > Laurales > Monimiaceae > Levieria

Characteristics

A woody liana, lateral shoots c. 1.5 mm Ø, when young densely covered with minute appressed hairs. Leaves closely set along the branches; chartaceous, lanceolate to lanceolate-ovate, 2.5-3 by 0.8-1 cm, rounded or cuneate at the base, narrowed to a mu-cronulate apex; margin subrevolute with few irregu-lar teeth; midrib prominent below, with a few ob-scure hairs on its lower part; lateral veins obscure; petiole c. 2 mm long, bearing minute hairs. Probably dioecious, female flowers not seen. Inflorescence usually of simple dichasia, minutely hairy, terminating the lateral branches and in their upper axils. Male flowers globose, 2 mm ø (in bud); tepals 8, rounded, borne on a small receptacle; stamens c. 20, connective projecting, obtuse, anthers sessile.
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Liana in montane forest, at 2100 m.
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Distribution

Levieria scandens world distribution map, present in Papua New Guinea

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:582010-1
WFO ID wfo-0000443824
COL ID 726YT
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Synonyms

Levieria scandens