Nomenclature
Accepted name/Authority/Place of publication:
Argyreia velutina C. Y. Wu, Yunnan Redai Yaredai Zhiwu Quxi Yanjiu Baogao (Rept. Stud. Pl. Trop. Subtrop. Yunnan) 1: 129. t. 37: 2. 1965.
Description
Habit:
Shrubs, scandent. Axial parts ± densely yellowish strigose, glabrate in age. Branches nearly terete, in age striate and densely verruculose.
Leaves:
Petiole 2.5–3 cm; leaf blade elliptic to elliptic-ovate, 8–11 × 4–5 cm, leathery, abaxial surface densely yellowish sericeous-velutinous, adaxial surface densely strigose, base rounded, apex acute; lateral veins 8–12 pairs.
Inflorescences:
Inflorescences unknown. Infructescences axillary, dichotomous cymes, 2–4-fruited; peduncle 2.5–3.5 cm, ± 4-angled. Pedicel to 5 mm in fruit.
Flowers:
Sepals elliptic-oblong to narrowly elliptic, strongly concave, nearly equal, ± parchment-like, 9–11 × 5–7 mm, sericeous-velutinous abaxially, glabrous adaxially, apex obtuse.
Fruits:
Berry depressed globose, ca. 5 × 7 mm.
Seeds:
Seeds 2, brownish, semiglobose, apex rounded; hilum nearly circular.
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 Map:
Distribution:
China (S Yunnan). Endemic.
Ecology:
Thickets; 1000–1600
m.
Phenology:
Frt. Apr-May.
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:
huang mao yin bei teng (Chinese).
Authorship for webpage
Editor:
George Staples, Esmond Er
Contributors:
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