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|accepted_name=Mikania batatifolia
|accepted_authority=de Candolle in A. P. de Candolle and A. L. P. P. de Candolle
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=in A. P. de Candolle and A. L. P. P. de Candolle, Prodr.
|place=5: 197. 1836
|year=1836
}}
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|synonyms=
|hierarchy=Asteraceae;Asteraceae tribe Eupatorieae;Mikania;Mikania batatifolia
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Asteraceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>tribe</small>[[Asteraceae tribe Eupatorieae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Mikania]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Mikania batatifolia]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 21
|mention_page=page 546
|treatment_page=page 547
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Stems </b>obscurely 6-angled, sometimes winged on angles, often densely glandular, glabrous or puberulent; internodes 3.5–13 cm. <b>Petioles</b> 10–40 mm, glabrous, glandular. <b>Leaf</b> blades deltate-ovate, 1.5–6 × 1–5 cm, (subcoriaceous to somewhat fleshy) bases cordate to subcordate, margins usually hastately dentate to ± lobed (lobes divergent), apices acute to acuminate, faces glabrous (and gland-dotted). <b>Arrays</b> of heads corymbiform, 2–4 × 2–6 cm. <b>Heads</b> 4–6 mm. <b>Phyllaries</b> lanceolate to narrowly ovate, ca. 3.5 mm, apices acuminate (abaxial faces puberulent). <b>Corollas</b> white, ca. 3 mm, gland-dotted, lobes deltate. <b>Cypselae</b> brown, 1.5–2 mm, densely gland-dotted; pappi of ca. 40 white, barbellate bristles ca. 3 mm.</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering year round.
|habitat=Woodlands, savannas, salt marshes, swamps, usually in oölite or coral soils
|distribution=Fla.;West Indies (Bahamas;Cuba).
|discussion=<p>J. K. Small (1933), B. L. Robinson (1934), R. W. Long and O. Lakela (1971), and W. C. Holmes (1981, 1993) recognized <i>Mikania batatifolia</i>. Hn. Alain (1962) referred <i>M. batatifolia</i> to <i>M. micrantha</i> Kunth, a common, polymorphic taxon of humid American tropics. A. Cronquist (1980) merged <i>M. batatifolia</i> with <i>M. scandens</i>. In reexamining the members of the <i>M. scandens</i> complex, which includes <i>M. batatifolia</i> (Robinson), it is apparent that <i>M. batatifolia</i> is distinct. Differences with <i>M. scandens</i>, including chemical evidence, were cited by Holmes (1981). For additional information, see Holmes (1981, 1993).</p>
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name=Mikania batatifolia
|authority=de Candolle in A. P. de Candolle and A. L. P. P. de Candolle
|rank=species
|parent rank=genus
|synonyms=
|basionyms=
|family=Asteraceae
|phenology=Flowering year round.
|habitat=Woodlands, savannas, salt marshes, swamps, usually in oölite or coral soils
|distribution=Fla.;West Indies (Bahamas;Cuba).
|reference=None
|publication title=in A. P. de Candolle and A. L. P. P. de Candolle, Prodr.
|publication year=1836
|special status=
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|tribe=Asteraceae tribe Eupatorieae
|genus=Mikania
|species=Mikania batatifolia
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