Overview
Comprehensive Description
Description
Twining or prostrate perennial herb. Flowers in 1-several-flowered bracteate cymes, borne on axillary peduncles. Bracteoles distant from the calyx. Sepals 5; outer 3 larger, accrescent in fruit; inner 2 smaller. Corolla usually yellow (rarely white), usually with a dark centre. Style 1; stigmas 2, ovate-oblong. Capsule with 2-4 seeds.
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Distribution
Localities documented in Tropicos sources
Hewittia Wight & Arn.:
Madagascar (Africa & Madagascar)
Note: This information is based on publications available through Tropicos and may not represent the entire distribution. Tropicos does not categorize distributions as native or non-native.
Madagascar (Africa & Madagascar)
Note: This information is based on publications available through Tropicos and may not represent the entire distribution. Tropicos does not categorize distributions as native or non-native.
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Deroin, T. 2001. Convolvulaceae. Fl. Madagasc. 171: 3–287.
http://www.tropicos.org/Reference/1015999
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Molecular Biology and Genetics
Molecular Biology
Statistics of barcoding coverage
Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) Stats
| Specimen Records: | 3 | Public Records: | 3 |
| Specimens with Sequences: | 3 | Public Species: | 2 |
| Specimens with Barcodes: | 3 | Public BINs: | 0 |
| Species: | 2 | ||
| Species With Barcodes: | 2 | ||
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Barcode data
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