Nomenclature
Accepted name/Authority/Place of publication:
Argyreia boholensis (Merr.) Ooststr., Blumea 6 (1950) 345
Synonyms:
Lettsomiaboholensis Merr.,Philip. J. Sc. 29 (1926) 485.
Description
Habit:
Stems twining, terete or upwards slightly angular, glabrous, pale greyish-brown.
Leaves:
Leaves ovate or ovate-oblong, 4-10 by 1½-7 cm, rounded or very slightly cordate at the base, acute to shortly acuminate at the apex, thinly coriaceous, in dry state greyish or olivaceous, glabrous, or with a few hairs on the nerves, mainly on the midrib beneath; nerves 8-10 on either side of the midrib; petiole 2-3½ cm, glabrous.
Inflorescences:
Peduncles in the upper leaf-axils, cymosefy 1-3(-5)-flowered, 2-7 ½ cm, glabrous or with some hairs. Pedicels of central flower ca 8-10 mm, of lateral flowers often shorter, glabrous. Bracts narrowly triangular, with incurved apex, ca 2 mm long, glabrous.
Flowers:
Sepals glabrous, coriaceous; 2 outer ones broadly ovate-triangular, obtuse, 5 mm long, sepal 3 broadly ovate, obtuse, 5 mm long, with one broad thin margin; two inner sepals broader than long, broadly rounded, concave, ca 4 mm long, with two broad thinner margins. Corolla with deeply divided limb;
lobes linear, reflexed and twisted, ca 18 mm long, densely sericeous outside, at the apex with 2 triangular glabrous lobules; tube cylindric, ca 8 mm long, glabrous. Filaments geniculate near their thick, broadened base, pubescent. Ovary glabrous, 2-celled.
Fruits:
Young fruits oblong-ellipsoid, glabrous, ca 1 cm long.
References:
Ooststroom,S.J. van & R.D. Hoogland. 1953. Convolvulaceae In Flora Malesiana 4:388–512.
Biogeography, Ecology and Natural History
Distribution:
Philippines (Bohol).
Ecology:
In openings in the forest and
along streams, 300-600 m.
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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