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wfo-4000006336
Calystegia R.Br.

  • Prodr. Fl. Nov. Holland. : 483 (1810) 

  • The record derives from TPL1.1 (data supplied on 2022-04-18) which reports it as an accepted name

Calystegia R.Br.
  • Prodr. Fl. Nov. Holland. : 483 (1810) 


Cite taxon page as 'WFO (2023): Calystegia R.Br. Published on the Internet;http://www.worldfloraonline.org/taxon/wfo-4000006336. Accessed on: 03 Oct 2023'

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Herbs prostrate or erect to twining to several meters tall, rhizomatous [or woody at base]. Leaves subsessile to petiolate, oblong to hastate or sagittate [or rarely pedate]. Inflorescences axillary, 1-flowered [or few-flowered] cymes; bracteoles 2, sepal-like, inserted immediately below calyx, ovate and sometimes saccate, enclosing calyx [or remote from calyx and subulate or leaf-shaped], persistent. Sepals subequal, persistent. Corolla white, pink [or pale yellow], funnelform, with 5 distinct midpetaline bands, glabrous. Stamens included, equal. Pollen globose, pantoporate, not spiny. Ovary 1-loculed, 4-ovuled. Style 1, included in corolla; stigmas 2, clavate. Capsule globose, glabrous, indehiscent. Seeds 4, smooth or minutely tuberculate.

  • Provided by: [B].Flora of China @ efloras.org
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    • 1
      • ]. 

    Much like Convolvulus in aspect, but the bracts usually large, inserted just beneath the cal, and ± concealing it; pollen spheroidal, pantoporate with 20–40 apertures; ovary ± unilocular, the partition incomplete; stigmas oblong, ± cylindric, blunt; fls usually solitary; our spp. rhizomatous perennials. 30, widespread.

  • Provided by: [C].Manual of Vascular Plants of Northeastern US and Canada
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    • 2
      • ]. 
    Flora of China @ efloras.orgGeneral Information

    Herbs prostrate or erect to twining to several meters tall, rhizomatous [or woody at base]. Leaves subsessile to petiolate, oblong to hastate or sagittate [or rarely pedate]. Inflorescences axillary, 1-flowered [or few-flowered] cymes; bracteoles 2, sepal-like, inserted immediately below calyx, ovate and sometimes saccate, enclosing calyx [or remote from calyx and subulate or leaf-shaped], persistent. Sepals subequal, persistent. Corolla white, pink [or pale yellow], funnelform, with 5 distinct midpetaline bands, glabrous. Stamens included, equal. Pollen globose, pantoporate, not spiny. Ovary 1-loculed, 4-ovuled. Style 1, included in corolla; stigmas 2, clavate. Capsule globose, glabrous, indehiscent. Seeds 4, smooth or minutely tuberculate.

    Manual of Vascular Plants of Northeastern US and CanadaGeneral Information

    Much like Convolvulus in aspect, but the bracts usually large, inserted just beneath the cal, and ± concealing it; pollen spheroidal, pantoporate with 20–40 apertures; ovary ± unilocular, the partition incomplete; stigmas oblong, ± cylindric, blunt; fls usually solitary; our spp. rhizomatous perennials. 30, widespread.

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    Convolvulaceae
    https://powo.science.kew.org/
    World Flora Online Data. 2022.
    • A CC0 1.0 Universal (CC0 1.0).
    Flora of China @ efloras.org
    'Flora of China @ eFloras (2008). Published on the Internet http://www.efloras.org/flora_page.aspx?flora_id=2 [accessed August 2016]' Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, MO & Harvard University Herbaria, Cambridge, MA.
    • B Missouri Botanical Garden
    Manual of Vascular Plants of Northeastern US and Canada
    https://www.nybg.org/
    Descriptions of plants should be attributed to the full citation for each individual article, chapter or book that is the source for each record, which should include the authors of original publication.
    • C Content licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License
    Vahliaceae
    http://www.worldfloraonline.org/organisation/Vahliaceae
    World Flora Online Data. 2021.
    • D CC0 1.0 Universal (CC0 1.0).