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Dischidia ovata

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Dischidia ovata
Cultivated at the Berlin Botanical Garden and Botanical Museum
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Gentianales
Family: Apocynaceae
Genus: Dischidia
Species:
D. ovata
Binomial name
Dischidia ovata
Benth.[2][3]

Dischidia ovata, commonly called watermelon dischidia (pronounced /dɪsˈkɪdiə/), is a small vine in the frangipani and hoya family Apocynaceae, native to New Guinea and Cape York Peninsula, Australia.[3] The species name ovata refers to its ovate leaves, its common name refers to the leaf venation that resembles a watermelon rind. The species is succulent and grows as an epiphytic or lithophytic vine in a variety of habitats.[3][4]

Taxonomy

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This species was first described in 1843 by the English botanist George Bentham. His description was based on plant material collected by R.B. Hinds in New Guinea and forwarded to the botanist in England. It was published in the London Journal of Botany[5]

References

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  1. ^ "Species profile—Dischidia ovata". Queensland Department of Environment and Science. Queensland Government. 2022. Retrieved 10 December 2023.
  2. ^ "Dischidia ovata". Australian Plant Name Index (APNI). Centre for Australian National Biodiversity Research, Australian Government. Retrieved 10 December 2023.
  3. ^ a b c "Dischidia ovata Benth". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 2023. Retrieved 10 December 2023.
  4. ^ Forster, P.I.; Liddle, D.J. (1988). "Studies on the Australasian Asclepiadaceae, IV Dischidia R.Br. in Australia". Austrobaileya. 2 (5): 507–514. ISSN 0155-4131. JSTOR 41738717.
  5. ^ Bentham, George (1843). "Enumeration of the plants collected by R.B. Hinds, Esq., and by Mr Barclay in the Feejee Islands, Tanna, New Ireland and New Guinea". London Journal of Botany. 2: 226. Retrieved 11 December 2023.