Nomenclature
Accepted name/Authority/Place of publication:
Merremia hirta var. retusa Ooststr., Blumea 3 (1939) 311.
Synonyms:
? Ipomoea hepaticifolia Blanco, Fl. Filip. ed.2 (1845) 72.
Description
Leaves:
Leaves oblong, 4/5-2½ cm long, hastate at the base, with entire or 1-2-dentate lobes, obtuse to subretuse and mucronulate at the apex.
Inflorescences:
Peduncles short, to 1 cm long, 1- or sometimes 2-3-flowered.
Flowers:
Differs from var. hirta by having the inner sepals broader, broadly elliptic to subquadrate, with a truncate to retuse, mucronulate apex, and the outer ones elliptic, obtuse to acutish, mucronulate.
References:
Ooststroom, S.J. van & R.D.Hoogland. 1953. Convolvulaceae in FloraMalesiana 4: 443.
Biogeography, Ecology and Natural History
Distribution:
Philippines (Luzon).
Authorship for webpage
Editor:
G. Staples
Contributors:
Classification:
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