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Myrmephytum

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Kingdom
  
Plantae

Family
  
Rubiaceae

Order
  
Gentianales

Rank
  
Genus

Myrmephytum Myrmephytum arfakianum Anggi Lakes West Papua Indonesia Flickr

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Myrmephytum is a genus of myrmecophytic flowering plants in the Rubiaceae family. It is distributed from central Malesia to New Guinea.

Myrmephytum Myrmephytum arfakianum Arfak Mountains West Papua Flickr

It is one of five ant-plant genera in the family Rubiaceae, the others being Anthorrhiza, Hydnophytum, Myrmecodia, and Squamellaria.

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Species

The following list of 5 species is sourced from The Plant List.

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  • Myrmephytum arfakianum (Becc.) Huxley & Jebb
  • Myrmephytum beccarii Elmer
  • Myrmephytum moniliforme Huxley & Jebb
  • Myrmephytum naumannii (Warb.) Huxley & Jebb
  • Myrmephytum selebicum (Becc.) Becc.

    • Myrmephytum Myrmephytum beccarii seedlings from red fruit

    Myrmephytum Myrmephytum spec from Antimona Quezon Luzon Philippines

    Myrmephytum CAUDICIFORM Myrmephytum arfakianum

    References

    Myrmephytum Wikipedia
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