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Calystegia hederacea Wall. in Roxb., Fl. Ind. ed. Carey & Wall. 2:94. 1824. Choisy in DC., Prodr. 9:434.1845, Clarke in Hook. f., Fl. Brit. Ind. 4:217.1883, Prain in J. As. Soc. Bengal 74:299.1906, Barnber, Pl. Punj. 570.1916, van Ooststroom in van Steenis, Fl. Males. ser. 1,4:437.1953, R.R. Stewart, Ann. Catalogue Vasc. Pl. W. Pak. & Kashm. 571.1972 (Fig. 1,B).

DANIEL F. AUSTIN


Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, Florida, USA

Calystegia hederacea
Illustration

Credit: S. Hameed

Herbs, stems glabrous. Leaves oblong to triangular, 1.5-7.5 cm long, basally cordate or sagittate, the basal lobes rounded and entire or angular or 2-lobed, apically obtuse. Flowers usually solitary in the axils. Sepals oblong, obtuse, mucronulate, 5-7.5 mm long. Corolla pinkish-purple, 2 cm long, campanulate. Style filiform. Fruit capsular, ovoid, 7-7.5 mm long, glabrous. Seeds glabrous.

Type: Not designated.

C-6 Kurram: Parachinar-Sadda road, M.A. Siddiqi & Y. Nasir 6400 (RAW).

Distribution: S. & S.E. Asia, Pakistan, China, Japan.

Not common in Pakistan. Fl. Per.: August.


 

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