[Greek stiktos, punctured or spotted, and kardia, heart, alluding to glandular-punctate abaxial surfaces of heart-shaped leaf blades]

Daniel F. Austin†

Perennials. Stems twining-climbing, to 4 m, puberulent, glabrescent. Leaves petiolate; blade cordate to cordate-ovate, 80–250 mm, surfaces: abaxial black-glandular-punctate, adaxial glabrous. Inflorescences usually solitary flowers, sometimes 2- or 3-flowered cymes. Flowers: sepals orbiculate, 10–20 mm; corolla purplish red, [magenta, mauve, pink-purple, red, scarlet, violet, white, yellow], funnelform, (40–)80–95 mm, limb entire; styles 1; stigmas 2, capitate. Fruits capsular, dry, globose, glabrous, indehiscent. Seeds (1–)4, ovoid, puberulent. x = 15.

Species 7–9+ (1 in the flora): introduced, Florida; Africa, Asia; introduced also in West Indies, Central America, South America, Pacific Islands (Guam, Hawaii, Samoa, Tahiti), Australia.

SELECTED REFERENCES Austin, D. F., D. A. Powell, and D. H. Nicolson. 1978. Stictocardia tiliifolia (Convolvulaceae) ­re-evaluated. Brittonia 30: 195–198. Austin, D. F. and Sebsebe Demissew. 1997. Unique fruits and generic status of Stictocardia (Convolvulaceae). Kew Bull. 52: 161–168.

Lower Taxon

• Stictocardia tiliifolia (Desrousseaux) Hallier f.