Argyreia henryi
Nomenclature
Argyreia henryi (Craib) Craib, Kew Bull. 9. 1914.
Ipomoea henryi Craib, Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1911: 423. 1911.
Lettsomia henryi (Craib) Kerr, Fl. Siam. 3(2): 32. 1954.
Description
Fang R.C., G. Staples, et al. 1995. Convolvulaceae in P. Raven & C.Y. Wu (eds.) Flora of China 16: 271–325.
Staples, G. & P. Traiperm. 2010. Argyreia in Convolvulaceae. Fl. Thailand 10(3): 337–371.
Biogeography, Ecology and Natural History
China (S Yunnan), N Thailand.
Open
forests in valleys, thickets, forest margins; 700–1000 m.
Open sunny areas and grassland in dry dipterocarp forest, hill
evergreen forest, mixed pine-oak forest, disturbed/degraded primary evergreen
forest, secondary regrowth, often reported on granite bedrock; altitude:
400–1500 m.
Flowering: August–November; fruiting: January, February, October, December.
Fang R.C., G. Staples, et al. 1995. Convolvulaceae in P. Raven & C.Y. Wu (eds.) Flora of China 16: 271–325.
Staples, G. & P. Traiperm. 2010. Argyreia in Convolvulaceae. Fl. Thailand 10(3): 337–371.
Other information
Chinese floras recognize 2 varieties which scarecely worthy of taxonomic rank, because the species is rather variable in leaf blade shape, indumentums density and trichome color.