Myrmecodia brassii is a myrmecophilous (ant-loving) epiphytic, or sometimes terrestrial plant in the gardenia family Rubiaceae native to New Guinea. The species was described in 1945 by Merrill and Perry. The type specimen was collected by Australian-American botanist Leonard John Brass at Lake Habbema on his 1938âÂÂ39 expedition to New Guinea. The species is named after Brass.