Argyreia walshae Ooststr.

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

3. Argyreia walshae Ooststr. — Fig. 2 ; Map 1

Argyreia walshae Ooststr. (1943) 361;Ooststr. (in Ooststr. & Hoogland 1953) 499; Kalkman (1955) 216. — Type: Walsh 388 (holo L; iso BM), Indonesia (West Timor), Tobaki, c. 800 m, 10.vi.1929.

Distribution — Timor (Van Ooststroom & Hoogland 1953). Habitat & Ecology — Not common; collected at c. 800 m.

Note — Van Ooststroom (Van Ooststroom & Hoogland 1953) makes a note that this species is rather frequent in Timor. However, Mrs. Walsh’s collection notes on the type indicate the opposite.

Figures

Map 1 Distribution of Argyreia paivae A.R.Simões & P.Silveira (5), A. rein­ wardtiana (Blume) Miq. ($) and A. walshae Ooststr. (:).

Fig. 2 SEM images showing detail of indumentum of abaxial surface of the leaf (left) and pollen morphology (right) of all three species of Argyreia from Timor. a, b. Argyreia paivae A.R.Simões & P.Silveira; c, d. Argyreia reinwardtiana (Blume) Miq.; e, f. Argyreia walshae Ooststr.