Nomenclature
Calycobolus glaber (Kunth) House, Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 34: 145 (1907).
Dufourea glabra Kunth in Humb., Bonpl. & Kunth, Nov. Gen. & Sp. 3: 114 [folio ed. p. 89]. (Feb. 1819).
Reinwardtia glabra (Kunth) Spreng., Syst. Veg. 1: 863 (1824 [title page ‘1825’]).
Prevostea glabra (Kunth) Choisy, Ann. Sci. Nat. 4: 498 (1825). TYPE. Venezuela, Amazonas: crescit prope San Francisco Solano, ad ripam Cassiquiares (Missiones del Orinoco), fl. May, Humboldt s.n. (iso P(×3), fragment in F; B-W 4205 [as Humboldt 5091]).
Calycobolus pulchellus Willd. ex Roem. & Schult., Syst. Veg. 5: 4. (Dec. 1819). TYPE. Venezuela, Amazonas: ad Cassiquiares, prope San Francisco Solano, Humboldt 5091 (holo B-W 4205; iso P(×3), fragment in F).
Prevostea amazonica Choisy in DC., Prodr. 9: 437 (1845).
Prevostea glabra var. amazonica (Choisy) Meisn. in Mart., Fl. Bras. 7: 324 (1869).
Calycobolus amazonicus (Choisy) House, Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 34: 145 (1907). TYPE. Brazil. Amazonas: in sylvis ad Manacuru dit. Japurensis prov. R[io] N[egro], Martius 3095 (holo M, on 2 sheets; photo GH).
Description
Staples, G.W. & D.F. Austin. 2009. Revision of neotropical Calycobolus and Porana (Convolvulaceae). Edinb. J. Bot. 66: 133–153.
Biogeography, Ecology and Natural History
Known from Colombia, Venezuela, Guyana, Peru, Bolivia, and Brazil. (map).
Occurring in selva
virgen siempre verde and along or above watercourses, in shrubby areas with
some trees, varzea forests, on terra firme, and in capoeira.
Soil types have been noted as moist clay and solo argiloso. Elevation:
120–480 m.
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Flowering specimens |
4 |
3 |
1 |
– |
5 |
3 |
4 |
2 |
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1 |
1 |
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Fruiting specimens |
– |
1 |
1 |
1 |
5 |
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3 |
4 |
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2 |
1 |
1 |
Staples, G.W. & D.F. Austin. 2009. Revision of neotropical Calycobolus and Porana (Convolvulaceae). Edinb. J. Bot. 66: 133–153.
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