Homalocladium platycladum (F. J. Muell.) L. H. Bailey

Common Name: Ribbon Plant, Centipede Plant
Family: Polygonaceae Juss.
Synonym(s): Muehlenbeckia platyclada (F. Muell.) Meisn.

Description: [syn. Muelenbeckia platyclada (F.J. Muell.) Meissn.]
Centipede Plant, Tapeworm Plant, Ribbonbush
One species in genus, a shrub, native to the Solomon Islands; stems flat, articulated, striate, usually leafless in flowering stage; leaves lanceolate, 0.5 to 2.5 inches long, often lobed at the base; flowers small, greenish, in little petiole or a stigma, when the style is absent.">sessile clusters at alternate joints, calyx deeply 5-parted, stamens 8, stigmas 3; fruit an indehiscent fruit, e.g. in the genus Ranunculus">achene, triangular, smooth, enclosed by enlarged, deep-red or pruplish calyx.

Accession # 198500597
Source: Unknown
Provenance: Name currently "unresolved" though data indicate it may be synonymous with Muehlenbeckia platyclados²
Accession Date: 12-31-1985
Bench: 1212 - AUS:Ground Bed 2 NW
- Currently: active - healthy
- Qty: 3 confirmed on 02-17-2023

This accession has been observed in bloom on:

Hortus Third, LH Bailey Hortorium, 1976
The Plant List (2013). Version 1.1 Accessed 19 July 2015.
Homalocladium at Wikipedia. Accessed 19 July 2015.
Homalocladium at Strange Wonderful Things. Accessed 19 July 2015.
Muehlenbeckia platyclada at ARS-GRIN. Last accessed on Friday, October 05, 2018.

data regenerated on Fri, 17 Feb 2023 15:15:13 -0500 [bcm v4.0]

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