c. Hydnophytum subsessile Valeton

Hydnophytum subsessile Valeton (1927) 142. — Type: Lauterbach 3164 (B not seen, presumed lost), Papua New Guinea.

Description taken from Valeton (1927):“ Tuber 9 cm diam.Branches thick (8 mm), bark smooth. Leaves subsessile, obtuse-obovate, base rounded. Inflorescences sessile.”

Ecology & Habitat — Unknown.

Distribution — Papua New Guinea (Sepik Province).

Note — This species is only very sparsely described in Valeton (1927), and there are no manuscript drawings. We have not seen the type, and the description is inadequate to identify it with a known taxon. There are no further details to a location.