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Mikania gleasonii

Botanic Family

Asteraceae

Author

B.L. Robinson

Common Names

Geographical Habitats

• Amapá - Brazil
• French Guiana
• Guyana
• Suriname
• Trinidad & Tobago
• Venezuela

Natural Habitats

• Moist tropical forest
• evergreen riverine forest

Flowering Times

• Aug (Guyana)

Fruiting Times

• Aug (Guyana)

Twining herbaceous vine with glabrous or puberulent stems. Glabrous leaves to 120mm x 70mm. Lax corymbs of greenish-white flowers, prominent smell, whitish or reddish corolla to 5.5mm long with lobes to 1mm x 0.4mm. Achenes to 4mm long with bristly pappus.

Further References

• Mobot
• NYBG
• NHN
• The Plant List 2
• Gleason & Moldenke