Riedelia stricta K.Schum.

• Region

  Oceania

• Country

  Papua New Guinea

• State/Province

  Gulf

• Locality

  Lakekamu; east branch of the Avi Avi River; near the streambed passing through base camp

• Elevation

  Alt. 15 m. (49 ft.)

• Coordinates

  -7.73, 146.492

• Location Notes

  [Pacifica]

• Distribution

  Map all specimens of this taxon

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Conservation International Lakekamu RAP survey
Papua New Guinea
Lae National Herbarium
11342 Zingiberaceae
Riedelia cf. stricta K. Schum.
keys to this result on Loesener but does not fully conform
with the type description.
Gulf Province; Lakekamu; east branch of the Avi Avi River; near
the streambed passing through base camp; elev. 350’ altimeter
(105 m) in alluvial forest; colls, centered on coordinates 7° 44’ lat. x
146° 29.5’ long.
collection sequence 11339-11371; inverted epiphyte on trees
overhanging stream, common; leaves distichous, fleshy, adaxially
dark green, slightly lighter beneath; ligule toothed, hairy; sheath
pitted; petiole to c. 2 cm; raceme simple, axes red and puberulent;
perianth pubescent; calyx orange, tubular, 2 or 3 lobes, cleft on
dorsal side; corolla yellow, lobes sometimes red at apex, dorsal
segment cucullate, horn obtuse, solid, not prolonged; labellum
cleft nearly (but not completely) to the base; filament very short,
anthercells free at base, connective obtusely appendaged at the
top; stigma capitate, orifice ventral; ovary dull red, unilocular,
placentation parietal; fruit oblongoid, dehiscing on 2 shiny red
valves; seeds numerous, arilloid orange.
collection: W. Takeuchi 11,342
det.: WT; 1/98
coll. date: Oct. 19,1996
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