Nomenclature
Accepted name/Authority/Place of publication:
Argyreia baoshanensis S. H. Huang, Acta Phytotax. Sin. 24(1): 19. 1986.
Description
Habit:
Herbs(?), scandent, ca. 80 cm tall, with ± densely grayish strigose axial parts. Roots woody, ca. 1.5 cm in diam. Stems gracile, ± terete.
Leaves:
Petiole 3–4 mm or absent; leaf blade ovate to ovate-deltoid, 3–4.5 × 1.5–2.5 cm, strigose, base cordate, margin entire or slightly undulate, apex obtuse or retuse.
Inflorescences:
Pedicel ca. 8 mm.
Flowers:
Flower solitary, axillary; bracts 1 or 2, linear-lanceolate, 8–12 × 1.5–2 mm, densely strigose abaxially, persistent. Sepals linear-lanceolate, ± equal; outer 3 sepals ca. 20 × 2–3 mm, sparsely strigose abaxially, apex acute; inner 2 sepals narrower. Corolla red, tubular-funnelform, ca. 7 cm, sparsely strigose outside; limb ca. 2.7 cm in diam., slightly lobed. Stamens and pistil included; stamens inserted at middle of corolla tube; filaments unequal, 1.2–1.5 cm, 2 filaments longer, base sparsely ciliate; anthers oblong, ca. 2.5 mm. Ovary conical; style ca. 3.9 cm; stigma capitate, 2-lobed.
Fruits:
Capsule enclosed by calyx, globose, ca. 4 mm in diam.
Seeds:
Seeds 2, black-brown, ovoid, compressed.
References:
Fang R.C., G. Staples, et al. 1995. Convolvulaceae in P. Raven & C.Y. Wu (eds.) Flora of China 16: 271–325.
Biogeography, Ecology and Natural History
Distribution:
China (W Yunnan). Endemic.
Ecology:
Wasteland,
dry hot valleys, grassy slopes; ca. 1000 m.
Phenology:
Flw., frt. Jul.
References:
Fang R.C., G. Staples, et al. 1995. Convolvulaceae in P. Raven & C.Y. Wu (eds.) Flora of China 16: 271–325.
Other information
Common names and uses:
bao shan yin bei teng (Chinese).
Authorship for webpage
Editor:
George Staples, Esmond Er
Contributors:
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