Classification
Class
Magnoliopsida Brongn.
Order
Solanales Juss. ex Bercht. & J.Presl
Family
Convolvulaceae
 Subordinate Taxa
 Nomenclature
Scientific Name:
Calystegia R.Br., Prodr. Fl. Nov. Holland. 483 (1810), nom. cons.
Vernacular Name(s):
Pink bindweed
 Description

Perennial rhizomatous herbs with twining, creeping or rambling, usually glabrous stems. Latex present. Lvs petiolate, entire or basally lobed and often sagittate. Fls solitary, axillary, subtended by 2 large bracts partly or entirely concealing calyx. Sepals 5, subequal. Corolla of 5 shallow lobes, usually funnelform, sometimes campanulate, nearly always white or pink with white mid-petaline bands. Stamens 5, adnate to lower part of corolla tube, included. Ovary 1-locular or imperfectly 2-locular; ovules 4. Style included; stigma 2-lobed, included. Capsule 4-celled, ovoid to globose. Seeds usually smooth and glabrous.

[From: Webb et al. (1988) Flora of New Zealand. Volume 4.]

 Biostatus
Indigenous (Non-endemic)
Number of species and named hybrids in New Zealand within Calystegia R.Br.
CategoryNumber
Indigenous (Non-endemic)4
Exotic: Fully Naturalised2
Total6
 Bibliography
Brown, R. 1810: Prodromus Florae Novae Hollandiae et Insulae Van-Diemen. Johnson, London.
Mabberley, D.J. 2008: Mabberley's plant book, a portable dictionary of plants, their classification and uses. Edition 3. Cambridge University Press.
Ogden, J. 1978: Variation in Calystegia R. Br. (Convolvulaceae) in New Zealand. New Zealand Journal of Botany 16: 123–140.