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(Last Modified On 5/31/2013)
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(Last Modified On 5/31/2013)
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Species
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Aniseia martinicensis (Jacq.) Choisy
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PlaceOfPublication
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MWm Soc. Phys. Geneve 8: 144. 1839.
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Synonym
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Convolvulus martinicensis Jacq., Sel. Stirp. Amer. 26, t. 17. 1763. TYPE: Jacquin (not seen). Convolvulus uniflorus Burm. f., F1. Indica 47, 5. 21, f. 2. 1768. TYPE: Java (not seen). Aniseia uniflora (Burm. f.) Choisy, MWm. Soc. Phys. Geneve 6: 483. 1833. Ipomoea lanceolata C. Don, Gen. Syst. 4: 282. 1837. TYPE: Sierra Leone (not seen).
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Description
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Vines; stems herbaceous, at least above, glabrous to sparsely pubescent. Leaves narrowly lanceolate, 4-8 cm long, obtuse to acute basally, obtuse and mucronate apically, entire, glabrate. Flowers mostly solitary in the leaf axils, peduncles to 5 cm long; sepals broadly ovate, the outer 2 broader than the inner 3, 12-17 mm long, acuminate; corollas white, campanulate, 25-30 mm long. Fruits capsular, ovoid, ca. 2 cm long, subtended by the enlarged calyx; seeds black, glabrous.
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Habit
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Vines
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Note
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Aniseia martinicensis probably flowers all year, and specimens have been taken from September to July.
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Distribution
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ranges from southern Florida and the Antilles to Panama and South America.
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Note
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This species is easily distinguished by the white corollas associated with broadly ovate sepals that grade in size. It prefers nmoist habitats such as swamps and marshes.
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Specimen
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CANAL ZONE: Barro Colorado Island, Bailey 674 (F); Bangham 589 (F); Brown 52 (F); Croat 4201 (F). Albrook, Dwyer 6534 (MO). Barro Colorado Island, Ebinger 579 (MO). Chagres, Fendler 237 (F, US). Between Frijoles and Monte Lirio, Killip 12182 (US). Barro Colorado Island, Shattuck 442 (F, MO); Wetnmore & Abbe 216 (F, MO); Wood- worth & Vestal 455, 704 (both F, MO). HERRERA: Chitre to Davisa, Burch et al. 1360 (MO). LOS SANTOS: Between Tonosi and Macaracas, Olive} et al. 3535 (MO). PANANIA: Matias HernAndez, Pittier 6937 (US).
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