Medusanthera laxiflora (Miers) R.A.Howard

Native to:

Bismarck Archipelago, Caroline Is., Malaya, Maluku, New Guinea, Philippines, Santa Cruz Is., Solomon Is., Sulawesi

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

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Kew Backbone Distributions

• Turner, I.M. (1995). A catalogue of the Vascular Plants of Malaya. Gardens' Bulletin Singapore 47(1): 1-346.
• Utteridge, T.M.A. (2011). A revision of the genus Medusanthera (Stemonuraceae, Icacinaceae s.l.). Kew Bulletin 66: 49-81. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.