Distribution Map
Description (Barlow 1974)
Sogerianthe versicolor Dans. J. Am. Arb. 16: 207 (1935); Bull. Jard. bot. Buitenz. 14: 95 (1936). Type-San Cristoval, Waimamura, lowlands, Brass 2676, 18.vii.1932 (L 936818; L 93919466).
Sogerianthe trilobobractea Dans. Blumea 3: 389, illus. Fig. 1, a-c (1940). Type.- San Cristoval, Comins 159, Oct. 1890 (K).
Glabrous or sometimes the pedicel, calyx and young corolla sparsely tomentose. Stems conspicuously lenticellate. Petiole 0.8-1.5-(2) cm long; lamina narrow ovate to ovate, up to 15 by 6 cm but often much smaller, attenuate at the base, usually acuminate and acute at the apex. Inflorescences few to many at the nodes; pedicel not articulate, 3-8 mm long, with a collar of fused bracts at the apex; bracteal collar usually membranous, truncate and 0.7 mm long but occasionally 3-lobed and rarely obsolete. Calyx funnel-shaped, 25 mm long; limb erect, truncate, 0.5-1 mm long. Corolla in the mature bud slender, 15-25 mm long; petals in the open flower gamo-petalous to the middle or higher. Anthers c. 2.5 mm long, slightly longer than the free parts of the filaments. Fruit ellipsoidal, 6 mm long.
Occurrence. Solomon Islands (Fig. 8), sea level to 600 in altitude.
Specimens Examined.
BOUGAINVILLE: near Koniguru No. 1, c. 9 miles N. of Bum, 250 m alt., Craven and Schodde 88, 24.vii.1964 (CANB).
SANTA YSABEL: Tiratona, 600 malt., Brass 3227, 26.xi.1932 (L).
MALAITA: Quoimonapu, 200 m alt., Brass 2355, 12.xii.1930 (L).
See note under S. cupuilformis.
Illustrations
Unifloral inflorescence. Waterhouse 29, L. From Kuijt (1981).
Photographs
Bougainville Island, 9 miles north of Buin. Craven and Schodde (no. 88), 24 July 1964. Photo by Dan Nickrent.
Same as above, showing detail of nodal inflorescences. Photo by Dan Nickrent.
Sogerianthe versicolor
updated 20 January 2007