Decalobanthus calyculatus (Ooststr.) A.R.Simões & Chatrou (2020:5)
Wavula
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Synonym/s: Merremia calyculata Ooststr. in Blumea 3: 265 (1939)
The distinctiveness of D. calyculatus from D. pacifica is unresolved (Staples, 2009, 2010, 2022; Simões et al., 2020).
Conservation Status & Habitat
Missing (cf. Staples, 2022)
Last (and only) record: June 1860 (Staples, 2010; Simões et al., 2020)
A sterile specimen collected in 1972 may be referable to this taxon (Staples, 2010).
Distribution & Habitat
Taveuni, Fiji
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Media
References
Original scientific description:
Van Ooststroom, S. J. (1939). Two new species of Merremia from Fiji, representatives of a new section Wavula (Convolvulaceae). Blumea 3: 263-266.
Other references:
Simões, Ana Rita G., Pisuttimarn, Ponprom, Pornpongrungrueng, Pimwadee and Chatrou, Lars W. (2020). New combinations in Decalobanthus (Convolvulaceae). Kew Bulletin 75: 55. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12225-020-09907-2
Smith, A. C. (1991). Flora Vitiensis nova: a new Flora of Fiji (spermatophytes only) 5: 1 – 626. Pacific Tropical Botanical Garden, Lawaii, Hawaii.
Staples, G. W. (2009). Merremia pacifica (Convolvulaceae) recharacterized, with notes on other Pacific species. Kew Bulletin 64: 333-338.
Staples, G. W. (2010). A Checklist of Merremia (Convolvulaceae) in Australasia and the Pacific. Bulletin Singapore 61(2): 483-522.
Staples, G. W. (2022). A synoptic revision of the golden glories, genus Decalobanthus (Convolvulaceae). Blumea 67(1): 37-70. https://doi.org/10.3767/blumea.2022.67.01.08
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