Nomenclature
Accepted name/Authority/Place of publication:
Merremia hainanensis H. S. Kiu, Fl. Hainan. 3: 587. 1974.
Description
Habit:
Herbs, twining. Stems dull yellow hirsute.
Leaves:
Petiole 1.5–3 cm, sparsely villous; leaf blade ovate, 3.5–7.5 × 2–4 cm, glabrous, base cordate, margin entire, apex acute or acuminate, mucronulate.
Inflorescences:
Inflorescences few to many flowered; peduncle 2–3.5 cm, glabrous; bracts persistent, ovate, concave, 3–4 mm, apex acuminate. Pedicel slender, 5–15 mm.
Flowers:
Sepals unequal, glabrous, apex obtuse, apiculate; outer sepals elliptic, ca. 9 mm; inner sepals oblong, ca. 1 cm. Corolla pale-yellow, broadly funnelform, 1.8–2 cm, midpetaline bands brown-veined, outside glabrous. Stamens included; filaments ca. 1 cm, slightly dilated basally, fimbriately scaled; anthers twisted, 3–4 mm. Ovary ovoid-conical, ca. 2 mm, glabrous; style ca. 3 mm.
Fruits:
Capsule unknown.
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 (Hainan), Vietnam.
Ecology:
Forests
on mountain slopes.
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:
hai nan shan zhu cai (Chinese).
Authorship for webpage
Editor:
George Staples, Esmond Er
Contributors:
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