Argyreia corneri
Nomenclature
Accepted name/Authority/Place of publication:
Argyreia corneri Hoogland, Blumea 7: 192 (1952).
Type. Malaysia. Pahang: Kemaman, Ulu Bendong, Nov. 1935, Corner SF 30140 (holotype SING; isotypes BO, L).
Description
Habit:
Liana; stems twining to 15 m or more, terete, strigose.
Leaves:
Leaves ovate, 3.5–9 by 2–5 cm, base obtuse or rounded, apex abruptly acuminate to cuspidate with a narrow, acute, mucronulate acumen; upper surface glabrous except the strigose midrib, lower surface densely light yellowish sericeous, or much less hairy or nearly glabrous; midrib and 5–6 nerves on either side prominent beneath, minor nervation reticulate, inconspicuous, when covered by indumentums; petiole 1–2.5 cm, strigose.
Inflorescences:
Inflorescences axillary; peduncle terete, 10–18 mm long, densely sericeous, cymosely 1–5-flowered, usually 1-flowered; pedicels ca 4–6 mm, sericeous; bracts linear, to ca 10 mm long, sericeous, caduceus.
Flowers:
Flower sepals broadly ovate, apex broadly acute to rounded, densely sericeo-tomentose outside, 1 margin of sepal 3 and both margins of sepals 4 and 5 less hairy or partly glabrous, 3 outer sepals ca 8.5 mm, 2 inner ones ca 6.5–7 mm long; corolla funnelform, ca 2.5–3 cm long, pale pinkish white outside, rose-pink inside, limb shallowly lobed, midpetaline bands with appressed hairs, rest of corolla glabrous; style and stamens nearly as long as the corolla; filaments dilated and glandular hairy at base; ovary glabrous, 2-celled.
Fruits:
Fruit unknown.
References:
Ooststroom, Fl. Males. I, 4: 496–512. 1953.
Biogeography, Ecology and Natural History
Distribution Map:
Distribution:
Peninsular Malaysia (Pahang, Terengganu); endemic so far as known.
References:
Ooststroom, Fl. Males. I, 4: 496–512. 1953.
Authorship for webpage
Editor:
George Staples, Esmond Er
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