Flora of Papua New Guinea 
Lae National Herbarium 
14470 Rubiaceae 
Myrmecodia cf. tuberosa Jack 
keys to couplet 27 on Huxley & Jebb; not matching but 
probably closest to the tuberosa complex 
Morobe Province; Kamiali ICAD Conservation Area; 
above Lababia village on the track to Blue Mt.; natural 
growth foothill forest, elev. 2200’ altimeter (670 m); 
colls, centered on 7° 16’ x 147° 3.4’. 
collection sequence 14461-14474; anthouse epiphyte 
in mossy Gevuina-dominant forest; spines dendritic on 
tuber and stem. 
col!.: W. Takeuchi & M. Kuduk 14470 
date: Jan. 24, 1998 
det.: WT, March 2001 
Flora of Papua New Guinea 
Lae National Herbarium 
14472 Rubiaceae 
Porterandia cf. anisophylloides S. Moore 
Morobe Province; Kamiali ICAD Conservation Area; 
base of Bulili Ridge near Lababia; natural growth 
lowland foothill forest, at sealevel; colls, centered on 7° 
18.4’ x 147° 8.9’. 
collection sequence 14461-14474; treelet on forest 
margin. 
coll.: W. Takeuchi & M. Kuduk 14472 
date: Jan. 22, 1998 
det.: WT, March 2001 
