Sciaphila corniculata
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Description
Erect, branched herb, 2.5-13 cm high.
Leaves oblong, acute, c. 0.8-1.5 by c. 0.4-0.7 mm, not amplexicaul, appressed.
Flowers c. 3-9 (-18), all around.
Stamens 3, c. 0.25-0.3 mm;
Distribution
Asia-Tropical: Maluku (Maluku present); New Guinea present, Kolombangara I present, Obi and Aru Is present, Solomons present, Waigeo I present
Solomons (Kolombangara I.) and Malesia: New Guinea (NW. and NE. parts, Waigeo I.) and Moluccas (Obi and Aru Is.).
Notes
Fresh plant violet or scarlet. Leaves dark wine-red or black, flowers carmine, fruits whitish, with wine-red spots.
WENT Sr came to the erroneous conclusion that S. corniculata was conspecific with S. nana, and this was copied by KooRDERs and Mrs. KOORDERS-SCHU-MACHER; they accepted the name S. corniculata although this is younger than S. nana, and claimed the species for Java, where it does not occur. See under S. nana.
WENT Sr came to the erroneous conclusion that S. corniculata was conspecific with S. nana, and this was copied by KooRDERs and Mrs. KOORDERS-SCHU-MACHER; they accepted the name S. corniculata although this is younger than S. nana, and claimed the species for Java, where it does not occur. See under S. nana.
Citation
GIESEN 1938 – In: Pfl. R. Heft: 56
GIESEN 1938: p. 54. – In: Pfl. R. Heft: f. 12: 8
GIESEN 1938 – In: Pfl. R. Heft: 54
GUILLAUM. 1948: Fl. Nouv. Caléd.: 22
GIESEN 1938 – In: Pfl. R. Heft: 54
GIESEN 1938 – In: Pfl. R. Heft: 56
J.J. SMITH 1927 – In: Nova Guinea: 325
GUILLAUM. 1937 – In: Bull. Soc. Bot. Fr.: 256