Nomenclature
Accepted name/Authority/Place of publication:
Lepistemon intermedium Hallier f., Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 28: 301 (in note). 1901.
Synonyms:
Lepistemon lobatum Pilger, Notizbl. Bot. Gart. Berlin-Dahlem 9: 1029. 1926.
Description
Habit:
Herbs, twining, with ± whitish gray hirsute axial parts.
Leaves:
Petiole 5–10 cm; leaf blade broadly ovate-cordate, 5–8 × 4–8(–-10) cm, ± pilose to glabrous, base deeply cordate, margin sinuately 3–5-lobed distally, apex obtuse or apiculate.
Inflorescences:
Cymes many flowered; peduncle ca. 1 cm. Pedicel slender.
Flowers:
Sepals ovate or ovate-lanceolate, 2.5–3 mm, sparsely pilose to nearly glabrous abaxially, apex obtuse or acute. Corolla whitish green, 1.8–2.2 cm; tube inflated, slightly contracted distally; limb 1.5–1.8 cm in diam., margin nearly entire. Stamens included in tube; filaments filiform, ca. 3 mm; basal scales ovate-lanceolate or ovate-elliptic, ca. 2.5 × 3.5 mm, papillose-pilose abaxially; anthers ca. 2 mm. Disc ring-like, ca. 1 mm high. Style 1.5–2 mm; stigmas globose-capitate, papillose.
Fruits:
Capsule with persistent calyx, ovoid, 6–7 mm high, glabrous.
Seeds:
Seeds 4, dark brown, nearly ovoid, ca. 4 mm, sparsely pale yellowish villous.
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 (Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, Jiangxi, Zhejiang, Taiwan), northern Vietnam.
Phenology:
Flw. Jul-Sep, frt. Aug-Sep.
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
General comments:
lie ye lin rui teng (Chinese).
Authorship for webpage
Editor:
George Staples, Esmond Er
Contributors:
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