Dactyliophora
Description
Aerial stem-parasitic shrubs with epicortical runners bearing secondary haustoria.
Leaves opposite or ternate.
Inflorescencess axillary or borne on the epicortical runners, consisting of 1-4 whorls of dichasia (triads) in racemose order on a common axis; triads pedunculate, with the central flower sessile and the lateral flowers pedicellate; bracts solitary under each flower.
Fruit ellipsoid or ovoid.
Distribution
Ceram and New Guinea, and extending beyond Malesia to Queensland (Cape York Peninsula) and the Solomon Islands present
Genus of 2 species distributed in Ceram and New Guinea, and extending beyond Malesia to Queensland (Cape York Peninsula) and the Solomon Islands.