Nomenclature
Accepted name/Authority/Place of publication:
Argyreiarobinsonii(Ridley) Ooststr., Blumea 5 (1943)381.
Synonyms:
Lettsomia robinsonii Ridley, J. Fed. Mal.Stat. Mus. 8, 4 (1917) 65.
Description
Habit:
A twiner with appressed-hairy stems.
Leaves:
Leaves lanceolate to ovate, 6-12 by 2½-7½ cm, rounded or obtuse at the base, subacute at the apex, thinly coriaceous, glabrous above, appressed-hairy beneath; lateral nerves 8 on either side of the midrib, prominent beneath; petiole 1-8 cm, hairy.
Inflorescences:
Peduncles 4-18 cm long, hairy. Cymes lax, many-flowered, 1-4 cm long. Pedicels 5 mm long. Bracts minute, ovate, acute.
Flowers:
Sepals oblong, truncate, 4 mm long, glabrous. Corolla with a short, glabrous, campanulate, 8 mm long tube; the lobes sericeous outside, glabrous inside, white to purple, reflexed and oblong. Stamens long exserted, filaments filiform, anthers oblong; style slightly shorter than the stamens, stigma capitate (RIDLEY).
References:
Ooststroom,S.J. van & R.D. Hoogland. 1953. Convolvulaceae In Flora Malesiana 4:388–512.
Biogeography, Ecology and Natural History
Distribution:
Sumatra (W. Coast).
Ecology:
At 900 m.
References:
Ooststroom,S.J. van & R.D. Hoogland. 1953. Convolvulaceae In Flora Malesiana 4:388–512.
Other information
General comments:
The type of this species isunknown to me (e.g., Ooststroom). The specimens Bangham 840 and 1134 fromN. Sumatra, mentioned by Merrill (Contr. Arn. Arb. 8, 1934, 145) asconspecific, belong to A. erispa Ooststr.
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Editor:
Esmond Er
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