Myrmecodia brassii
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Gentianales |
| Family: | Rubiaceae |
| Genus: | Myrmecodia |
| Species: | M. brassii
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| Myrmecodia brassii | |
Myrmecodia brassii is a myrmecophilous (ant-loving) epiphytic, or sometimes terrestrial plant in the gardenia family Rubiaceae native to New Guinea.[1] The species was described in 1945 by Merrill and Perry.[2] The type specimen was collected by Australian-American botanist Leonard John Brass at Lake Habbema[2] on his 1938–39 expedition to New Guinea.[3] The species is named after Brass.[2]
References
- ^ Huxley, C. R.; Jebb, M. H. P. (1 January 1993). "The tuberous epiphytes of the Rubiaceae 5: A revision of Myrmecodia". Blumea. 37 (2): 271–334.
- ^ a b c Merrill, E. D.; Perry, L. M. (1 January 1945). "PLANTAE PAPUANAE ARCHBOLDIANAE, XV". Journal of the Arnold Arboretum. 26 (1): 1–36.
- ^ Brass, Leonard John (1 January 1941). "THE 1938–39 EXPEDITION TO THE SNOW MOUNTAINS, NETHERLANDS NEW GUINEA". Journal of the Arnold Arboretum. 22 (2): 271–295.