Nomenclature
Accepted name/Authority/Place of publication:
ArgyreiasamarensisOoststr., Blumea 6 (1950) 347.
Description
Habit:
Stems twining; young parts hirsute, glabrescent, pale fulvous.
Leaves:
Leaves broadly to narrowly ovate, (5-)9-14 by (2½-)4-9 cm, base broadly rounded to subcordate, apex acute or slightly acumtnate; sparsely hirsute on both sides; midrib and 8-11 nerves on either side slightly prominent beneath; petiole much shorter than blade, 2-5 cm, hirsute.
Inflorescences:
Fruiting peduncles axillary, 4-10 cm long, hirsute, cymosely branched at the apex, bearing 3-8 fruits. Bracts caducous. Fruiting pedicels 5-10 mm long, hirsute, thickened above.
Flowers:
Two outer sepals elliptic, obtuse, 9 mm long, hirsute outside; sepal 3 orbicular with rounded apex, 8 mm long, hirsute, with one glabrous margin; two inner sepals orbicular, rounded to slightly emarginate, 8 mm long, hirsute, with two glabrous margins.
Fruits:
Fruit ellipsoid or ovoid, ea 18 mm long; seed 1, ellipsoid, ea 15 mm long.
References:
Ooststroom,S.J. van & R.D. Hoogland. 1953. Convolvulaceae In Flora Malesiana 4:388–512.
Biogeography, Ecology and Natural History
Distribution:
Philippines (Samar).
References:
Ooststroom,S.J. van & R.D. Hoogland. 1953. Convolvulaceae In Flora Malesiana 4:388–512.
Authorship for webpage
Editor:
Esmond Er
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