Nomenclature
Accepted name/Authority/Place of publication:
Jacquemontia brownianaOoststr., Fl. Males. 4: 434. 1953, nomen novum.
Synonyms:
Ipomoea erecta R.Br., Prod. (1810)487, non Jacquemontia erecta Choisy (1845).
Description
Habit:
Stems erect or ascending, simple or slightly branched, softly tomentose or villose, with rust-coloured hairs, as well as the foliage and inflorescences.
Leaves:
Leaves oblong or lanceolate, 2½-5 by ½-l cm, or the upper ones smaller, narrowed at the base, obtuse or acute at the apex; petiole very short.
Inflorescences:
Peduncles mostly shorter than the leaves, 1-3-flowered. Pedicels short, 1-4 mm. Bracts minute, subulate.
Flowers:
Outer sepals ovate-lanceolate, ca 7-10 mm long, rather acute, softly villose or nearly glabrous; inner ones a little shorter. Corolla campanulate, ca 2 cm long, pink. Stigmatic lobes broadly ovate, recurved.
Fruits:
Capsule 6-8-valved.
Seeds:
Seeds glabrous.
References:
Ooststroom, S.J. van & R.D.Hoogland. 1953. Convolvulaceae in FloraMalesiana 4: 434–435.
Biogeography, Ecology and Natural History
Distribution:
Northern Australia, Jervis Island (Torres Straits),not yet found in New Guinea proper.
Authorship for webpage
Editor:
G. Staples
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