Argyreia setosa Choisy (1834)

Simões, A. R., Silva, H. & Silveira, P., 2011, The Convolvulaceae of Timor with special reference to East Timor, Blumea 56 (1), pp. 49-72 : 52

Argyreia setosa Choisy (1834) 425; Decne. (1834) 388; Span. (1841) 338; Miq. (1856) 592

Miquel (1856) quotes Spanoghe (1841), who assumes the presence of this species in Timor based on Decaisne’s publication (1834). Still, Decaisne did not show evidence of this, instead stating: “Je n’ai point vu dans les herbiers du Muséum cette espèce originaire de Timor, je la cites d’après l’autorité de M. Choisy”.

Choisy (1834) clearly assumed the presence of such species in Timor but no specimens have been found to support such statement. Van Ooststroom (Van Ooststroom & Hoogland 1953) has suggested that the specimen mentioned by Choisy might belong to A. reinwardtiana .