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|accepted_name=Funastrum clausum
|accepted_authority=(Jacquin) Schlechter
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg.
|place=13: 283. 1914
|year=1914
}}
|common_names=White twinevine
|basionyms={{Treatment/ID/Basionym
|name=Asclepias clausa
|authority=Jacquin
|rank=species
|publication_title=Enum. Syst. Pl.,
|publication_place=17.  1760
}}
|synonyms={{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Sarcostemma clausum
|authority=(Jacquin) Schultes
|rank=species
}}
|hierarchy=Apocynaceae;Funastrum;Funastrum clausum
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Apocynaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Funastrum]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Funastrum clausum]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 14
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|treatment_page=
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Stems </b>sparsely pilose to glabrate, densely pilose at nodes. <b>Leaves</b> commonly caducous, stipular colleter 1 on each side of petiole; petiole 0.2–0.6 cm, pilose throughout; blade elliptic to oval, 2–5 × 0.5–2.5 cm, chartaceous to coriaceous, base obtuse to shallowly cordate, margins plane, apex acuminate, mucronate, venation pinnipalmate, surfaces sericeous to glabrate abaxially and adaxially, margins remotely ciliate with ascending hairs, laminar colleters 3–6. <b>Inflorescences</b> solitary at nodes, rarely 2 on a single peduncle, 7–15-flowered; peduncle 3.5–12 cm, glabrate; bracts caducous, 1, at base of each pedicel. <b>Pedicels</b> 15–25 mm, pilosulose. <b>Flowers</b>: calyx lobes lanceolate to ovate, 3–4 mm, apex acute, spreading, pilosulose, colleters 1–2 in sinuses; corolla cream to greenish cream, corona encircled by maroon to reddish ring, rotate to rotate-campanulate, tube 2–2.5 mm, lobes spreading to ascending, ovate, 6–7 mm, apex obtuse, pilosulose abaxially, minutely hispidulous adaxially, corona ring white, encircled by erect fringe, margins ciliate; inflated corona segments white, glossy, ovoid, 2.5–3 mm; style apex convex. <b>Follicles</b> usually solitary, lance-ovoid, 5–6 × 1–1.5 cm, apex attenuate, pilosulose. <b>Seeds</b> 30–50, tan, thickly winged, ovate, flat, 4–6 × 2–3 mm, faces coarsely papillate, chalazal margin erose to dentate; coma white, 2 cm. <b>2n</b> = 20.</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering year round; fruiting Sep–Jan.
|habitat=Hammocks, mangroves, salt marshes, estuaries, lakeshores, streamsides, disturbed areas.
|elevation=0–50 m.
|distribution=Fla.;Tex.;Mexico;West Indies;Central America;South America.
|discussion=<p>The synonymy of Funastrum clausum is extensive, pertaining particularly to South America, reflecting morphological variation that greatly exceeds that present in the flora region. Flowers are deeply fragrant and are frequently visited by a diversity of insects, particularly Hymenoptera and Lepidoptera. This widespread species only enters the flora region along the Florida coastline and in the lower Rio Grande Valley of Texas.</p>
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name=Funastrum clausum
|authority=(Jacquin) Schlechter
|rank=species
|parent rank=genus
|synonyms=Sarcostemma clausum
|basionyms=Asclepias clausa
|family=Apocynaceae
|phenology=Flowering year round; fruiting Sep–Jan.
|habitat=Hammocks, mangroves, salt marshes, estuaries, lakeshores, streamsides, disturbed areas.
|elevation=0–50 m.
|distribution=Fla.;Tex.;Mexico;West Indies;Central America;South America.
|reference=None
|publication title=Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg.
|publication year=1914
|special status=
|source xml=
|genus=Funastrum
|species=Funastrum clausum
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