Rubiaceae Juss.
Hydnophytum formicarum Jack , legitimate, scientific
Jack, W. (1823), Account of the Lansium and some other genera of Malayan plants. Transactions of the Linnean Society of London 14(1): 124 [tax. nov.]
  • Type: "Rumph. Amb. vi. p. 119. t. 55. fig. 1"
  • Comment: See reference by F.Mueller, Fragm. 7 (Oct. 1869) 45.
Bennett, G. (February 1868), Curious epiphytes from Cape York, north Australia. Journal of Botany, British and Foreign 6: 50-52 [secondary reference]
Mueller, F.J.H. von (1882), Systematic Census of Australian Plants: 75 [secondary reference]
Bailey, F.M. (1900), The Queensland Flora 3: 773 [secondary reference]
Bailey, F.M. (1913), Comprehensive Catalogue of Queensland Plants: 253 [secondary reference]
common name: Ant-house [n/a]
Forster, P.I. (11 December 2001), Hydnophytum ferrugineum (Rubiaceae: Hydnophytinae), a new species of ant-plant from Cape York Peninsula, Queensland. Austrobaileya 6(1): 103 [misapplied]
misapplied to: Hydnophytum moseleyanum Becc. legitimate by Bailey, F.M. (1900), The Queensland Flora 3: 773
Cooper, W.E. & Cooper, W.T. (2004), Fruits of the Australian Tropical Rainforest: 443 [unsourced misapplied]
misapplied to: Hydnophytum moseleyanum Becc. legitimate
Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2011), Australian Plant Census: - [misapplied]
misapplied to: Hydnophytum moseleyanum Becc. legitimate by Bennett, G. (February 1868), Curious epiphytes from Cape York, north Australia. Journal of Botany, British and Foreign 6: 50-52
[misapplied]
misapplied to: Hydnophytum moseleyanum Becc. legitimate by Bailey, F.M. (1900), The Queensland Flora 3: 773
[misapplied]
misapplied to: Hydnophytum moseleyanum Becc. legitimate by Bailey, F.M. (1913), Comprehensive Catalogue of Queensland Plants: 253
Jebb, M.H.P. & Huxley, C.R. (2019), The tuberous epiphytes of the Rubiaceae 7: a revision of the genus Hydnophytum. Blumea 64: 33-35, Figs. 1, 2 [secondary reference]
  • Lectotype: "Jack s.n. (no specimen known to have existed), Sumatra, Nias Is. Lectotype selected here: Rumphius, Herb. Amboin. 11, 16 (1750) 119, t. 55: 1 (Nidus formicarum niger)."