distribution in New Guinea
Octarrhena purpureiocellata P.Royen, habit, photo N.E.G. Cruttwell, August 1984, PNG, Mt. Wilhelm (plant held upside-down?)
Octarrhena purpureiocellata P.Royen, drawing P. van Royen in Alp. Fl. New Guinea 2 (1979) 734, fig. 253
Octarrhena purpureiocellata P.Royen, herbarium sheet, Balgooy, van 393 (holotype specimen L)