Nomenclature
Accepted name/Authority/Place of publication:
Ipomoea asterophora var. subglabra Ooststr., Blumea 3 (1940) 563.
Description
Habit:
Differs from var. asterophora by the much less dense to almost lacking indument; the stems may be stellately hairy over the whole surface but specimens with nearly glabrous stems are also found such almost glabrous stems still bear a few stellate hairs at the nodes.
Leaves:
Leaves with stellate hairs below on the nerves only, or entirely glabrous; petioles stellately hairy to glabrous.
Biogeography, Ecology and Natural History
Distribution:
West New Guinea, SW. Celebes.
Ecology:
River banks, up to 100 m elev.
References:
Ooststroom, S.J. van & R.D.Hoogland. 1953. Convolvulaceae in FloraMalesiana 4: 484.
Authorship for webpage
Editor:
G. Staples
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