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Stemonurus ammui
Scientific Name: Stemonurus ammui
Family: Icacinaceae
Category: Dicot
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Stemonurus ammui
Stemonurus ammui is a tree species belonging to the Stemonuraceae family. The information available for this species is currently limited, but here's a summary of what we know.
Taxonomy and Nomenclature
- Scientific Name: Stemonurus ammui (Kaneh.) Sleumer
- Family: Stemonuraceae (formerly Icacinaceae)
- Basionym: Urandra ammui Kaneh.
- Synonym: Urandra elliptica Merr.
Distribution and Habitat
- Collected in Papua New Guinea (PNG).
- Likely found in wetland habitats.
- May occur in interior swamp forests alongside species like Horsfieldia amklaal, Barringtonia racemosa, and Pandanus kanehirae.
Morphological Characteristics
- Tree, reaching heights of 10-24 meters, occasionally up to 33 meters.
- May have buttresses or slenderly cylindrical pneumatophores (aerial roots).
- Bole is straight, with a diameter of 10-25 cm, sometimes up to 30 cm.
- Leaves are oblong- to obovate-elliptic.
- Flowers are approximately 1 cm long, with agglutinized petals and hairy stamens.
Genetic Information
- A chromosome number of n = 22 has been reported for Stemonurus cf. ammui.
Quirky Facts
- According to some sources, the plant was given a new family classification in Uppsala, Sweden, based on DNA analysis.
- The flowers have agglutinized petals and hairy stamens.
Further Information
- International Plant Names Index (IPNI)
- Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
- Discover Life
- The Plant List
- Australian Plant Name Index
- NYBG Virtual Herbarium
- Encyclopedia of Life