Argyreia cheliensis
Nomenclature
Accepted name/Authority/Place of publication:
Argyreia cheliensis C. Y. Wu, Yunnan Redai Yaredai Zhiwu Quxi Yanjiu Baogao (Rept. Stud. Pl. Trop. Subtrop. Yunnan) 1: 126. 1965.
Description
Habit:
Shrubs, scandent; axial parts ± yellowish puberulous. Young stems angular.
Leaves:
Petiole 1.7–4 cm; leaf blade narrowly ovate to ± oblong, 7–10 × 3.5–4.5 cm, papery, abaxial surface densely sericeous-pilose, adaxial surface glabrous, base rounded, apex acute; lateral veins 10–13 pairs.
Inflorescences:
Cymes axillary, corymbose, 4–9-flowered; peduncle (0.7–)3–7 cm; bracts deciduous, broadly ovate, ca. 5 × 4 mm, ± densely puberulous abaxially, glabrous adaxially, apex mucronulate. Pedicel ca. 2.5 mm.
Flowers:
Sepals brown, ovate-oblong, ca. 4.5 × 2 mm, puberulous similar to bracts. Corolla white, funnelform, ca. 4.8 cm, midpetaline bands sparsely pilose; limb shallowly lobed. Stamens and pistil included; filaments ca. 1.6 cm, glandular pilose basally; anthers oblong, ca. 4 mm. Disc ring-like, ca. 0.5 mm high. Ovary glabrous, 2-loculed.
Fruits:
Fruit 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:
China (S Yunnan). Endemic.
Ecology:
Thickets; ca. 900 m.
Phenology:
Flw. 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
Common names and uses:
che li yin bei teng (Chinese).
Authorship for webpage
Editor:
George Staples, Esmond Er
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