Lamiodendron Steenis

First published in Nova Guinea, Bot. 8: 379 (1957)
This genus is accepted
The native range of this genus is New Guinea. It is a tree.

Descriptions

Timothy M. A. Utteridge and Laura V. S. Jennings (2022). Trees of New Guinea. Kew Publishing. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew

Distribution
A monotypic genus endemic to New Guinea: the single species, Lamiodendron magnificum Steenis, is restricted to the Milne Bay area of eastern Papua New Guinea.
Morphology General Habit
Tree, 12–20 m tall
Morphology Twigs
Twigs thick, hard, nodes with pitted glands, internodes flattened
Morphology Leaves
Leaves pinnately compound, opposite, margins entire, without domatia; not turning black on drying. Inflorescence axillary, few flowered racemes or thyrses, often with abortive flowers in leaf axils; calyx campanulate, 5-lobed; corolla orange to dark red, campanulate, tube 8–10 cm long, 5-lobed, imbricate in bud, lobes entire and hardly equal; stamens 4, didynamous, exserted, staminode present
Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
Fruit linear, oval in cross-section, valves smooth and glabrous
Morphology Reproductive morphology Seeds
Seeds with a hyaline wing.
Ecology
Found growing in coastal lowland forest and sago-swamps between 0–90 m.
Recognition
Lamiodendron can be recognised by the orange to dark red corolla and the compound leaves with the leaflets with entire margins.
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Sources

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2025. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0
  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2025. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0
  • Trees of New Guinea

    • Trees of New Guinea
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0