KEY TO THE SUBSPECIES

1	Staminal glands ovate oblong, obtuse or shallowly cupular. Leaves (from crown) with acuminate, rarely rounded obtuse, apices and distinctly undu-late-crenate margins. Fruiting hypanthium 2-4 times longer than broad. Dryadodaphne novoguineensis subsp. novoguineensis
1'	Staminal glands lanceolate to ovate, rather acute. Leaves (from crown) with narrowly obtuse, hard-ly acuminate apices, and obscurely undulate-crenate, almost entire margins. Fruiting hypanthium 1 ¾-2 times longer than broad Dryadodaphne novoguineensis subsp. occidentalis