Dimorphanthera breviflos Sleumer

• Region

  Oceania

• Country

  Papua New Guinea

• State/Province

  Gulf

• Locality

  Lakekamu, east branch of the Avi Avi River; ridgeline past the proposed research station, at junction of foot-track with second ridge

• Elevation

  Alt. 175 m. (574 ft.)

• Coordinates

  -7.73, 146.5

• Location Notes

  [Pacifica]

• Distribution

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Flora of Papua New Guinea
Lae National Herbarium
Conservation International Lakekamu RAP survey
11498 Ericaceae
Dimorphanthera sp. (° Dimorphanthera) aff. breviflos
Gulf Province; Lakekamu, east branch of the Avi Avi River; ridgeline past
the proposed research station, at junction of foot-track with second ridge;
natural-growth foothill forest, altimeter elev. 575/E (175 m); colls,
centered on coordinates 7D 44/E lat. x 146D 30/E long.
collection sequence 11491 - 11498; common woody liane in high
canopy, terminal stems typically projecting above the crown layer,
populations in flower (no fruits); twigs terete, greenish-brown or pale
brown, hirtellous; leaves spiral, firm, adaxial surface glossy dark green,
abaxially light green or yellow-green, biglandular at the base; lamina
linear-elliptic, typical blade 14.5 cm x 4 cm, apex acuminate, margins
entire and distantly provided with setulose hairs, base acute; venation 3-
or 5-plinerved, reticulations lax; petiole resembling the twigs, about .5 cm
long, dorsally flattened; inflorescence racemose, ramiflorous and
infrafoliar, bracteolate, epedunculate, rachis and pedicels red, all parts
with an indumentum of white spreading hairs; perianth 5-merous; calyx
cream or pink; corolla darker red.
flowers bottled at HUH.
collection: W. Takeuchi & J. Kulang 11,498
det.:	by	P.F. Stevens as aff. breviflos, April 1997
coll. date:	Oct.	30,	1996
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