Marsdenia tubulosa F.Muell. APNI* Description: Habit unknown.
Leaf suborbicular, 4.5 cm long (only 1 leaf on type specimen).
Inflorescence umbel-like, 5–10-flowered; peduncle 2.5 cm long; pedicels 4–7 mm long, glabrous. Calyx c. 1 mm long; lobes almost free, broadly ovate, minutely ciliolate. Corolla tube 4–5 mm long; lobes broadly o vate, 1–1.5 mm long, finely fimbriate. Corona lobes 2 mm long, with elongated filiform apex. Style-head slightly conical, 0.5 mm long.
Fruit unknown.
Distribution and occurrence: Known only from the type collection by Fullagar from Lord Howe Island (without date, but reported as 1871 by Green, P.S., (1994) Flora of Australia Vol 49, Oceanic Islands, p293).
NSW subdivisions: ?LHI
Text by K.D. Hill
Taxon concept:
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