Lettsomia sphaerocephala Prain

First published in J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, Pt. 2, Nat. Hist. 73: 19 (1904)
This name is a synonym of Argyreia sphaerocephala

POWO follows these authorities in synonymising this name:

  • Ooststroom, S.J. van & R.D. Hoogland (1953). Convolvulaceae. Flora Malesiana 4: 388-512. Noordhoff-Kolff N.V., Djakarta. [Cited as Argyreia sphaerocephala.]
  • Staples, G. (with P. Traiperm) (2010). Convolvulaceae. Flora of Thailand 10: 330-468. The Forest Herbarium, National Park, Wildlife and Plant Conservation Department, Bangkok. [Cited as Argyreia sphaerocephala.]
  • Staples, G. W. & P. Traiperm (2008). New species, new combinations and new records in Convolvulaceae for the Flora of Thailand.. Thai Forest Bulletin (Botany) 36: 86-108. [Cited as Argyreia sphaerocephala.]

This name was accepted following an alternative taxonomy by these authorities:

  • Kress, W.J., R.A. DeFilipps, E. Farr, & Y.Y. Kyi in Kress, W.J. et al. (2003). Cklist. Myanmar Convolvulaceae. Checklist of the Trees, Shrubs, Herbs, and Climbers of Myanmar: 197-201. National Museum of Natural History, Washington DC. [Cited as Lettsomia sphaerocephala.]

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Sources

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    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2025. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
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