Hewittia malabarica

Hewittia malabarica

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Solanales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Cladus: Asterids Cladus: Lamiids Ordo: Solanales

Familia: Convolvulaceae
Tribus: Merremieae
Genus: Hewittia
Species: Hewittia malabarica

Name

Hewittia malabarica (L.) Suresh in D.H.Nicolson, C.R.Suresh & K.S.Manilal, Interpr. Van Rheede’s Hort. Malab.: 88 (1988).

Synonyms

• Basionym
  • Convolvulus malabaricus L., Sp. Pl.: 155 (1753).
• Homotypic
  • Ipomoea malabarica (L.) Roem. & Schult., Syst. Veg., ed. 15 bis 4: 235 (1819).
  • Argyreia malabarica (L.) Choisy, Mém. Soc. Phys. Genève 6: 420 (1833 publ. 1834)[Conv. Or.: 38]
• Heterotypic
  • Convolvulus scandens Milne, Descr. Cat. Seeds E. Indies: 29, [68] (1773).
  • Convolvulus sublobatus L.f., Suppl. Pl.: 135 (1782).
  • Convolvulus bicolor Vahl, Symb. Bot. 3: 25 (1794), nom. illeg.
  • Convolvulus bracteatus Vahl, Symb. Bot. 3: 25 (1794).
  • Convolvulus involucratus Willd., Sp. Pl., ed. 4, 1: 845 (1798).
  • Convolvulus involucratus Ker Gawl., Bot. Reg. 4: t. 318 (1818), nom. illeg.
  • Ipomoea bracteata Roem. & Schult., Syst. Veg., ed. 15 bis 4: 227 (1819), nom. illeg.
  • Ipomoea weinmannii Roem. & Schult., Syst. Veg., ed. 15 bis 4: 243 (1819).
  • Calystegia keriana Sweet, Hort. Brit.: 287 (1826).
  • Ipomoea bicolor Sweet, Hort. Brit.: 289 (1826), nom. illeg.
  • Convolvulus rottleri Spreng., Syst. Veg. 4(2): 61 (1827).
  • Shutereia bicolor Choisy, Mém. Soc. Phys. Genève 6: 486 (1833 publ. 1834).
  • Aniseia afzelii G.Don, Gen. Hist. 4: 295 (1837).
  • Convolvulus hederaceus Blanco, Fl. Filip.: 90 (1837), nom. illeg.
  • Hewittia bicolor (Vahl) Wight & Arn., Madras J. Lit. Sci. 5: 22 (1837).
  • Kethosia involucrata (Willd.) Raf., Fl. Tellur. 4: 78 (1838).
  • Sanilum bicolor Raf., Fl. Tellur. 4: 70 (1838), nom. nud.
  • Sanilum bracteatum Raf., Fl. Tellur. 4: 70 (1838), nom. nud.
  • Convolvulus timorensis D.Dietr., Syn. Pl. 1: 667 (1839).
  • Convolvulus schultesii Weinw. ex Steud., Nomencl. Bot., ed. 2, 1: 411 (1840), not validly publ.
  • Ipomoea pandurifolia E.Mey. in J.F.Drège, Zwei Pflanzengeogr. Dokum.: 195 (1843), nom. nud.
  • Ipomoea schultesii Weinm. ex Choisy in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 9: 395 (1845).
  • Ipomoea teretistigma Choisy in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 9: 373 (1845).
  • Aniseia bracteata Hassk., Pl. Jav. Rar.: 516 (1848).
  • Hewittia asarifolia Klotzsch in W.C.H.Peters, Naturw. Reise Mossambique: 242 (1861).
  • Hewittia hirta Klotzsch in W.C.H.Peters, Naturw. Reise Mossambique: 243 (1861).
  • Palmia bicolor (Choisy) Endl. ex Dalzell & Gibson, Bombay Fl.: 163 (1861).
  • Hewittia sublobata (L.f.) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 441 (1891).
  • Hewittia barbeyana Chod. & Roulet, Bull. Herb. Boissier 1: 191 (1893).
  • Ipomoea benguelensis Baker, Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1894: 69 (1894).
  • Ipomoea phyllosepala Baker, Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1884: 69 (1894).
  • Bonamia volkensii Dammer in H.G.A.Engler, Pflanzenw. Ost-Afrikas, C: 329 (1895).
  • Shutereia sublobata (L.f.) House, Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 33: 318 (1906).
  • Hewittia bicolor f. minor De Wild., Pl. Bequaert. 1: 547 (1922).
  • Eremosperma puccionianum Chiov., Atti Ist. Bot. Univ. Pavia, ser. 4, 7: 143 (1936).
  • Hewittia puccioniana (Chiov.) Verdc., Webbia 13: 322 (1958).
  • Hewittia scandens (Milne) Mabb. in K.S.Manilal, Bot. Hist. Hort. Malabaricus: 84 (1980).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Asie China (Guangdong, Guangxi, Hainan, Yunnan), Taiwan, India, Laos, Myanmar [Burma] (widespread), Bangladesh, New Guinea, Philippines (throughout), Sri Lanka, Thailand, Cambodia, Vietnam, Java, peninsular Malaysia (Perak, Melaka), Sulawesi, Lesser Sunda Isl., Moluccas, Andamans (North Andamans), Maldives, Yemen (W-Yemen) Continental: Africa Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, Zanzibar, Pemba Isl., Sierra Leone, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Malawi, Chad, Mozambique, South Africa (Limpopo, Mpulamanga, KwaZulu-Natal, E-Cape Prov.), Swaziland, Ethiopia, Cameroon, Guinea-Bissau, Guinea, Gabon, Somalia, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Benin, Mali, Senegal, Gambia, Nigeria, Equatorial Guinea, Congo (Brazzaville), Angola, D.R. Congo (Zaire), South Sudan, Madagascar References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Suresh, C.R. in D.H.Nicolson, C.R.Suresh & K.S.Manilal, Interpr. Van Rheede’s Hort. Malab.: 88 (1988).

Additional references

• Simões, A.R. & Staples, G.W. 2017. Dissolution of Convolvulaceae tribe Merremieae and a new classification of the constituent genera. Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 183(4): 561-586. DOI: 10.1093/botlinnean/box007 ResearchGate Reference page. 

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2019. Hewittia malabarica in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2019 November 18. Reference page. 
• Hassler, M. 2019. Hewittia malabarica. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2019. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2019 November 18. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2019. Hewittia malabarica. Published online. Accessed: November 18 2019.
• Tropicos.org 2019. Hewittia malabarica. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 18 November 2019.