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Hydnophytum radicans

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Hydnophytum radicans
At Cairns Botanic Gardens
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Gentianales
Family: Rubiaceae
Genus: Hydnophytum
Species:
H. radicans
Binomial name
Hydnophytum radicans

Hydnophytum moseleyanum is a plant in the coffee and gardenia family Rubiaceae native to the Maluku Islands and New Guinea. It is an epiphyte that inhabits mangrove forest and rainforest, and it forms a symbiotic relationship with certain species of ants. It was first described in 1884 by the Italian botanist Odoardo Beccari, and published in his book Malesia.[2]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Hydnophytum radicans Becc". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 2024. Retrieved 15 August 2024.
  2. ^ Beccari, Odoardo (1884). Malesia. Genoa: Istituto Sordomuti. p. 123. Retrieved 15 August 2024.
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