Argyreia pilosa

Argyreia pilosa Wight & Arn., Nova Acta Phys.-Med. Acad. Caes. Leop.-Carol. Nat. Cur. 18(1): 356c 1836. ;
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Large twiners; young branches pale reddish,; stem leaves, inflorescence, bracts and calyx hirsute; hairs white, bulbous-based. Leaves alternate, to 7-14 x 6-12 cm, broadly ovate, apex acute, base subcordate; lateral nerves 7-8 pairs; petiole 3-6 cm long. Flowers pink, in axillary, capitate heads; peduncle 2-3 cm long; bract 1-1.2 cm long, oblong-lanceolate. Calyx nearly free to base; lobes 5, subequal, 6-8 mm long, oblong to lanceolate, acute. Corolla 4-5 cm long, campanulate, bristly-hairy without. Stamens 5, included; filaments unequal; anthers 2-celled; pollen grains minutely spinous. Ovary 2-4-locular; ovules 4; style erect; stigma 2-lobed, lobes globose. Fruit 1.5 cm across.

Flowering and fruiting: August-October
Scrub jungles
Western Ghats (Endemic)
(Attributions- Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi from India Biodiversity Portal)
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images by Anurag Sharma, inserted by Gurcharan Singh (Please click link to see details and more images).

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ANMAR27/47 Convolvulaceae for identification : 4 posts by 3 authors. Attachments(5)

Family: Convolvulaceae
Date: September 2014
Place: Charmadi Ghat, Karnataka
Habit: Shrub

Argyeria sp

Argyreia species in eFloraofindia (with details/ keys from published papers/ regional floras/ FRLHT/ FOI/ Biotik/ efloras/ books etc., where ever available)

A pilosa.

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Argyreia involucrata in FOI : 4 posts by 2 authors.
I could not see the images. But if these are same as at https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/indiantreepix/ygG-6C43G8c
Than these have been identified as Argyreia pilosa  as per details herein.

yes sir it is Argyreia pilosa only

This page should not have been there. I have removed it now.

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Argyreia involucrata (Convolvulaceae) : 5 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (7)

Argyreia involucrata (Convolvulaceae)
2017 October 1,(आजरा) Aajara, Kolhapur, Maharashtra
A large twiner; stems clothed with appressed hairs. Leaves 4-7 by 11-31 in., ovate, acute or acuminate, glabrous or nearlyso above, sparsely hairy beneath, base rounded or shallowly cordate (rarely subrhomboid); mainnerves 8-10pairs, conspicuous beneath; petioles 1-2|in. long, usually hairy. Flowers in subcapitate cymes; peduncles |-3 in. long, hairy; bracts very variable, usuallyI-I5in. long(iu an extreme case 2k by 1 in.), oblong-lanceolate, acute, veined, thin, tlat, sparsely hairy, the inner narrower than the outer. Sepals in flower unequal, the 2 outer exceeding| iu. long, ovate-lanceolate, acuminate, hairy and with ciliate margins, the 3 inner |in. long, rather broader than the outer, ovate, acute, hairy on the back and with glabrous membranous margins. Corolla 2 in. long, tubular-infundibuliform; the bands hairy; tube glabrous within the calyx, sparsely hairy qith longhairs beyond it lobes of limb short, acute, with penicillate tips.
Filaments Iiairy at the base.
Fruit^in. in diam., globose. (Identified by the description of Flora of presidency of Bombay)

Mistake here i want to tell here given specimen by me is of Argyreia pilosa will post it again wrongly identified by me as argyreia involucrata

To me appears more closer to images at Argyreia hirsuta Wight & Arn. as per comparative images at Argyreia‎ 

I think it is Argyreia pilosa as per images herein and as per discussions another thread.
Also does not match with high resolution specimen of Argyreia hirsuta at the following:

Yes I agree with …; It is Argyreia pilosa only

On further examination, to me also appears closer to high resolution specimens in GBIF of Argyreia involucrata C.B.Clarke (it lists two varieties herein- inaequalis and involucrata) as below:

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Argyeia pilosa wight & arn (Convolvulaceae) : 5 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (7)
Argyreia pilosa
Ajara, Kolhapur , Maharashtra, 2017 October
Thanks to, Pramod lawand for helping in Identification

To me appears more closer to images at Argyreia hirsuta Wight & Arn. as per comparative images at Argyreia‎  

No sir this is not hirsuta at all. Argyreia pilosa Confirmed by …

Pl. check images of this species at /species/a—l/cl/convolvulaceae/argyreia/argyreia-pilosa 

Also check herbarium specimen of this species in gbif on line.

Looks different from type images of Argyeia pilosa at gbif as given below:

To me it appears to be Argyreia pilosa only;

Thanks, … But as per type specimen, I find lot of differences until and unless it is highly variable.

Yes sir it variable species at same place i observed lots of variations.

A. pilosa – Creeping or 1-2 ft. high climbing shrub sometimes leaves possess purple veins. Inflorescence subcapitate to capitate, peduncle 3-12cm long. Bracts linear to narrowly oblong.
A. hirsuta – A high climbing shrub. Inflorescence dichotomous cymes (15-22 flowered), peduncle 15-22 cm long. 

yes sir 🙂

To me appears closer to high resolution specimens in GBIF of Argyreia involucrata C.B.Clarke (it lists two varieties herein- inaequalis and involucrata) as below:

This is Argyreia pilosa only (confirmation and replay from Pramod Lawand Ji) Working on Argyreias of India (Kolhapur)

 

 

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References:
The Plant List Ver.1.1 (Unresolved) India Biodiversity Portal  IBIS Flora  Flora of Davanagere District, Karnataka, India By B. K. Manjunatha, V. Krishna, T. Pullaiah (2004- Details)  Kerala plants  An Excursion Flora of Central Tamilnadu, India By K. M. Matthew (1995- Details with keys)