Wittsteinia papuana (Steen.) Steenis

Species

Angiosperms > Asterales > Alseuosmiaceae > Wittsteinia

Characteristics

Branched, very thin and slender, completely gla-brous, epiphytic shrublet, c. 75 cm long. Twigs angular. Leaves scattered and in pseudoverticils, lanceolate-oblong, cuneate at base, acute at apex, margin entire or mostly with 1-2 short gland-tipped teeth; nerves 2-3 pairs, very erect; venation impressed above, indistinct beneath; petiole 3-4 mm, much widened at base. Flowers solitary, axillary; pedicel emerging between a few minute bracts, 1-2 mm. Calyx lobes 5, thickish, blunt deltoid, 1.25 by 1.5 mm. Corolla (in mature bud) narrowly barrel-shaped, 6 mm long; lobes carunculate inside apex, 1 mm. Stamens 5, filaments 4 mm, anthers roundish, cordate, 0.75 mm. Ovary c. 3 mm, 2-celled; ovules 4(-?5) in each cell.
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Podocarpus-Phyllocladus woodland with Gahnia tussocks undergrowth, 3000 m.
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Distribution

Wittsteinia papuana world distribution map, present in Papua New Guinea

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:914756-1
WFO ID wfo-0000427687
COL ID 5C2S7
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Synonyms

Periomphale papuana Wittsteinia papuana