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Convolvulus brasiliensis

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Identification
Convolvulus brasiliensis L. [family CONVOLVULACEAE ] (stored under name); Ipomoea pes-caprae (L.) Ooststr. [family CONVOLVULACEAE ] Verified by W.T. Stearn,
Related name
  • Convolvulus rotundifolius
  • Ipomoea pes-caprae
  • Ipomoea imperati
  • Convolvulus brasiliensis

Flora

Entry for IPOMOEA pes-caprae (L.) van Ooststr. subsp. brasiliensis [family CONVOLVULACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora Somalia
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora Somalia, Vol 3, (2006) Author: by M.A. García (Cuscuta), Sebsebe Demissew (Cladostigma, Hildebrandtia, Seddera), and M. Thulin (Astripomoea, Convolvulus, Cressa, Dichondra, Evolvulus, Hewittia, Hyalocystis, Ipomoea, Jacquemontia, Merremia, Operculina, Stictocardia, Turbina, Xenostegia) [updated by M. Thulin 2008]
Names
IPOMOEA pes-caprae (L.) van Ooststr. subsp. brasiliensis [family CONVOLVULACEAE], in Blumea 3: 533 (1940);
Convolvulus brasiliensis L. [family CONVOLVULACEAE], (1753). [type as above]
Information
Leaves usually emarginate but not very deeply 2-lobed.
Range
N3; S2, 3 pantropical.
Altitude range
near sea-level.
Distribution
SOMALIA Hemming 1832; Ciferri 165; Thulin & al. 10642.
Distribution (external)
Djibouti
Kenya
Notes
Subsp. pes-caprae, with more deeply 2-lobed leaves, occurs in Arabia and tropical Asia. A record of I. asarifolia (Desr.) Roem. & Schultes in Cuf. Enum.: 750 (1961) is based on Hildebrandt 1307 (not seen) from the coast of S2. Almost certainly this material is I. pes-caprae.

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