Habit; Naban River Watershed National Nature Reserve, Xishuangbanna, Yunnan, P.R. China; 9/2008 © Jingxin Liu
Flower; Naban River Watershed National Nature Reserve, Xishuangbanna, Yunnan, P.R. China; 9/2008 © Jingxin Liu
Foliage; Naban River Watershed National Nature Reserve, Xishuangbanna, Yunnan, P.R. China; 9/2008 © Jingxin Liu
Inflorescence; Naban River Watershed National Nature Reserve, Xishuangbanna, Yunnan, P.R. China; 9/2008 © Jingxin Liu
Internal reference: 1556
Date of entry: 02.02.2011
Last update: 26.09.2012
Kingdom: Plantae (2509)
Phylum: Magnoliophyta (2408)
Class: Magnoliopsida (2040)
Order: Solanales (89)
Family: Convolvulaceae (38) (family description)
Genus: Argyreia (3)
Epithet: wallichii Choisy (4)
wallichii => in honor of Dr. Nathaniel Wallich (1786–1854), Danish surgeon and botanist who worked in India
Climate: tropical
Habit: liana
Flower colour: violet, pink, white
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