Hypserpa nitida

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Description

Scandent shrub. Branchlets sparsely to densely pubescent with yellowish hairs when young, later glabrescent. Leaves: Inflorescences cymose to paniculate, 1—4(—12) by 0.5—1.5(—2.5) cm, yellowish pubescent.

Distribution

Asia-Tropical: Assam (Assam present); Borneo present; India present; Malaya present (Singapore present); Philippines (Philippines present); Sulawesi (Sulawesi present); Thailand (Thailand present), Banka present, Ceylon present, Langkawi present, Lower Burma present, Penang present, S. Sumatra present

Ceylon, India, Assam, Lower Burma, Thailand, Indochina; in Malesia: S. Sumatra (incl. Banka and Riouw), Malaya (incl. Langkawi, Penang and Singapore), Borneo, Philippines (throughout) and Celebes.

Notes

The size, shape and degree of hairiness of the leaves of this species vary considerably. In general the leaves tend to be more hairy in Celebes and Philippines, while further west they are usually glabrous. The inflorescences are usually short (1-4 cm) but they can become very long (up to 12 cm) in Philippine specimens and in those from Celebes. There are all kinds of intermediates between the small, glabrous leaved form with short inflorescences and the larger, glabrous or hairy leaved form with long inflorescences. It has therefore not been possible to maintain more than one species, nor has it been possible to recognise distinct infraspecific taxa.

Citation

MIERS 1871 – In: Contr. Bot.: 105

SCHEFF. 1873: p. 397. – In: Nat. Tijd. N. I.: t. 8

MIERS 1911 – In: Elmer, Leafl. Philip. Bot. 4: 1165

YAMAMOTO 1944 – In: J. Soc. Trop. Agric.: 97

FORMAN 1958 – In: Kew Bull.: 453

Merr. 1923 – In: En. Philip.: 492

Diels 1910 – In: Pfl. R.: 207

BOERL. 1899: Cat. Hort. Bog.: 39

Merr. 1923 – In: En. Philip.: 147

BECC. 1877 – In: Malesia: 149

Ridl. 1922 – In: Fl. Mal. Pen.: 111

MIERS 1871 – In: Contr. Bot.: 102

Diels 1910 – In: Pfl. R.: 210

King 1889 – In: J. As. Soc. Beng.: 384

HOOK.f. & TH. 1872 – In: Fl. Br. India: 100

MIERS 1871 – In: Contr. Bot.: 104

BURK. 1935: Dict.: 1219

YAMAMOTO 1944 – In: J. Soc. Trop. Agric.: 98

Diels 1910 – In: Pfl. R.: 210

MIERS 1871: p. 102. – In: Contr. Bot.: t. 108

Merr. 1921: En. Born.: 249

Merr. 1923 – In: En. Philip.: 148

Diels 1911 – In: Elmer, Leafl. Philip. Bot. 4: 1165

MIERS 1968 – In: Kew Bull.: 361

MIERS 1871 – In: Contr. Bot.: 106

MIERS 1871 – In: Contr. Bot.: 103