Aniseia martinicensis (Jacq.) Choisy, Convolvulaceae

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Present on Pacific Islands?  yes

Primarily a threat at high elevations?  no

Other Latin names:  Aniseia uniflora (Burm. f.) Choisy; Convolvulus martinicensis Jacq.; Convolvulus uniflorus Burm. f.

Common name(s): [more details]

English: whitejacket

Palauan: tehelel-aul

Habit:  vine

Description:  "Twining perennial herb with slender thinly pubescent or glabrescent stems, sometimes rooting below. Leaf lamina narrowly to broadly oblong up to 6 x 2 cm., obtuse at the apex but minutely mucronate, cuneate at base, glabrescent or thinly pubescent, particularly at the margins and on the nerves below; petiole up 10 mm. long. Flowers usually solitary; peduncle up to 3·5 cm. long; pedicels up to 6 mm. long. Sepals ovate up to 15 mm. long, acute, enlarging in fruit up to 23 mm. and becoming scarious and venose. Corolla white, about 2 cm. long. Capsule elongate-ovoid, glabrous. Seeds black, minutely pilose, with a tuft of brown hairs near the hilum"  (Aluka)

"A creeping or twining vine; leaf blades narrowly lanceolate to ovate, 4-8 cm long, up to 2 (-5) cm broad, obtuse to acute at base; 3 outer sepals 12-20 mm long, becoming scariose and venose in fruit; corolla white, 20-30 mm long; filaments pilose at base; fruit ovoid, 1.5-2 cm long, subtended by enlarged calyx, the seeds 4-6 mm in diameter, sometimes woolly at angles"  (Smith, 1991; p. 44).

Habitat/ecology:  In Fiji, "found sparingly as a weed in cultivated areas, sometimes in swamps and forest in open country near sea level"  (Smith, 1991; p. 44).

Propagation:  Seed

Native range:  "Originally from tropical America, now pantropical and occurring eastward in the Pacific at least to Fiji and Tonga"  (Smith, 1991; p. 44).

Presence:

Pacific
Country/Terr./St. & Island group	Location	Cited status & Cited as invasive & Cited as cultivated & Cited as aboriginal introduction?	Reference & Comments
Federated States of Micronesia Yap Islands	Yap (Waqab) Island	introduced	Fosberg, F. R./Sachet, Marie-Hélène/Oliver, Royce (1979) (p. 221)
Palau Palau (main island group)	Babeldaob Island	introduced	Fosberg, F. R./Sachet, Marie-Hélène/Oliver, Royce (1979) (p. 221)
Palau Palau (main island group)	Babeldaob Island	probably introduced	Raulerson, L./Rinehart, A. F./Falanruw, M. C. (1996) (p. 27)
Palau Palau (main island group)	Babeldaob Island	probably introduced invasive	Space, James C./Lorence, David H./LaRosa, Anne Marie (2009) (p. 4) Voucher: Lorence 9905 (PTBG, BNM, NY, BISH, US)
Palau Palau (main island group)	Babeldaob Island		National Tropical Botanical Garden (U.S.A. Hawaii. Kalaheo.) (2008) (voucher ID: PTBG 198) Taxon name on voucher: Aniseia martinicensis
Palau Palau (main island group)	Babeldaob Island		National Tropical Botanical Garden (U.S.A. Hawaii. Kalaheo.) (1998) (voucher ID: PTBG 27682) Taxon name on voucher: Anisea martinicensis (Jacq.) Choisy
Palau Palau (main island group)	Palau Islands (main island group)	introduced	Fosberg, F. R./Otobed, D./Sachet, M.-H./Oliver, R. L./Powell, D. A./Canfield, J. E. (1980) (p. 37)
Philippines Philippine Islands	Philippine Islands		Merrill, Elmer D. (1923) (p. 359) Among grasses in fresh-water swamps at low altitudes; very rare or local.
Tonga Tonga Islands	Tonga Islands	introduced invasive	Smith, Albert C. (1991) (p. 44)
Tonga Tongatapu Group	‘Eua Island	introduced invasive	Yuncker, T. G. (1959) (p. 224)

Pacific Rim
Country/Terr./St. & Island group	Location	Cited status & Cited as invasive & Cited as cultivated & Cited as aboriginal introduction?	Reference & Comments
Colombia Colombia	Colombia (Republic of)	native	U.S. Dept. Agr., Agr. Res. Serv. (2011)
Costa Rica Costa Rica	Costa Rica (Republic of)	native	U.S. Dept. Agr., Agr. Res. Serv. (2011)
Ecuador (Mainland) Ecuador	Ecuador (Republic of) (continental)	native	U.S. Dept. Agr., Agr. Res. Serv. (2011)
El Salvador El Salvador	El Salvador (Republic of)	native	U.S. Dept. Agr., Agr. Res. Serv. (2011)
Guatemala Guatemala	Guatemala (Republic of)	native	U.S. Dept. Agr., Agr. Res. Serv. (2011)
Honduras Honduras	Honduras (Republic of)	native	U.S. Dept. Agr., Agr. Res. Serv. (2011)
Mexico Mexico	Mexico (United Mexican States)	native	U.S. Dept. Agr., Agr. Res. Serv. (2011)
Nicaragua Nicaragua	Nicaragua (Republic of)	native	U.S. Dept. Agr., Agr. Res. Serv. (2011)
Panama Panama	Panama (Republic of)	native	U.S. Dept. Agr., Agr. Res. Serv. (2011)
Perú Perú	Perú (Republic of)	native	U.S. Dept. Agr., Agr. Res. Serv. (2011)
Singapore Singapore	Singapore (Republic of)	introduced invasive	Chong, Kwek Yan/Tan, Hugh T. W./Corlett, Richard T. (2009) (p. 13) Naturalised

Also reported from
Country/Terr./St. & Island group	Location	Cited status & Cited as invasive & Cited as cultivated & Cited as aboriginal introduction?	Reference & Comments
United States (continental except west coast) United States (other states)	USA (Florida)	native	U.S. Dept. Agr., Nat. Res. Cons. Serv. (2011)

Additional information:
Additional online information about Aniseia martinicensis is available from the Hawaiian Ecosystems at Risk project (HEAR).

Information about Aniseia martinicensis as a weed (worldwide references) may be available from the Global Compendium of Weeds (GCW).

Taxonomic information about Aniseia martinicensis may be available from the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).

References:

Chong, Kwek Yan/Tan, Hugh T. W./Corlett, Richard T. 2009. A checklist of the total vascular plant flora of Singapore: native, naturalised and cultivated species. Raffles Museum of Biodiversity Research, National University of Singapore. 273 pp.

Fosberg, F. R./Otobed, D./Sachet, M.-H./Oliver, R. L./Powell, D. A./Canfield, J. E. 1980. Vascular plants of Palau with vernacular names. Department of Botany, The Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C. 43 pp.

Fosberg, F. R./Sachet, M.-H. 1977. Flora of Micronesia. Part 3. Convolvulaceae. Smithsonian Contrib. Bot. 36: 1-34.

Fosberg, F. R./Sachet, Marie-Hélène/Oliver, Royce. 1979. A geographical checklist of the Micronesian dicotyledonae. Micronesica 15:1-295.

Merrill, Elmer D. 1923. An enumeration of Philippine flowering plants, vol. 3 [reprint]. Bureau of Printing, Manila. 628 pp.

National Tropical Botanical Garden (U.S.A. Hawaii. Kalaheo.). 2008. Voucher specimen #PTBG198(David H. Lorence 9905).

Raulerson, L./Rinehart, A. F./Falanruw, M. C. 1996. A botanical reconnaissance of the proposed Compact-impact road alignment on Babeldaob Island, Republic of Palau. U. of Guam Herbarium Cont. No. 32. 78 pp.

Smith, Albert C. 1991. Flora Vitiensis nova: a new flora of Fiji. National Tropical Botanical Garden, Lawai, Kauai, Hawaii. Volume 5. 626 pp.

Space, James C./Lorence, David H./LaRosa, Anne Marie. 2009. Report to the Republic of Palau: 2008 update on Invasive Plant Species. USDA Forest Service, Hilo, Hawai‘i. 227 pp.

U. S. Government. 2011. Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) (on-line resource).

U.S. Dept. Agr., Agr. Res. Serv. 2011. National Genetic Resources Program. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN). Online searchable database.

U.S. Dept. Agr., Nat. Res. Cons. Serv. 2011. The PLANTS Database. National Plant Data Center, Baton Rouge, LA 70874-4490 USA.

Yuncker, T. G. 1959. Plants of Tonga. Bishop Museum Bull. 220. Bishop Museum Press, Honolulu. 343 pp.