Neoachmandra clemensiae
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Description
Annual or subperennial 2 m long climber, leafy stem c. 1 mm diam., sparsely fine-hairy, glabrescent; ?polygamous (see under female flowers).
Leaves:
Fruit unknown.
Distribution
Morobe Province present, Papua New Guinea present, Sugu-Gaeng present
New Guinea (Papua New Guinea, Sugu-Gaeng, Morobe Province); known only from the type.
Morphology
The type and only known collection M.S. Clemens 41287 is a richly flowering specimen, with one male and one female flower at each node. The female flowers all seem to be hermaphroditic, as the staminodes bear well-developed anthers, though much smaller than those of the male flowers. The staminodes are much lower inserted in the receptacle-tube compared to the stamens in the male flowers. The thecae in the staminodes apparently do not open, and do not produce fertile-looking pollen.