Tripladenia
Arnold Trachtenberg (Sun, 17 Feb 2008 14:12:55 PST)

Luc:

From Kubitzki " The Families and Genera of Vascular", Vol. III
Flowering Plants Monocotyledons

Tripladenia D. Don, Proc. Linn. Soc. Lond. 1: 46 (1839); Clifford and
Conran, Fl. Australia 45; 416 (1987)

"Erect herb with a knotty scaly rhizome. Leaves distichous,
ovate-lanceolate, with half clasping cordate base.
Flowers pedicellate, solitary or few together in axillary pedunculate
cymes. Perianth pink or mauve; tepals discrete, basally with stalked
nectariferous glands. Anthers extrorse. Style simple below, 3 branched
above. Capsule loculicidal, pyriform-rounded, somewhat fleshy; seeds
globose, strophiolate. 2n = 14. Only one species T. cunninghamii D.
Don, confined to rain forest and wet sclerophyll forest of eastern
Australia. ( Previously often confused with Schelhammera multiflora, q.v.)

Arnold