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Convolvulus commatophyllus

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Identification
Ipomoea polymorpha Roem. & Schult. [family CONVOLVULACEAE ] (stored under name); Convolvulus commatophyllus Steud. ex Choisy [family CONVOLVULACEAE ] Ipomoea kotschyana Hochst. ex Choisy [family CONVOLVULACEAE ] Ipomoea commatophylla A.Rich. [family CONVOLVULACEAE ]
Related name
  • Ipomoea commatophylla
  • Convolvulus commatophyllus
  • Ipomoea heterophylla
  • Ipomoea polymorpha
  • Ipomoea kotschyana

Flora

Entry for IPOMŒA commatophylla A. Rich. [family ]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora of Tropical Africa
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora of Tropical Africa, Vol IV, Part 2, page 62, (1905) Author: (By J. G. Baker and A. B. Rendle.)
Names
IPOMŒA commatophylla A. Rich. [family ], Tent. Pl. Abyss. ii. 65.
Convolvulus commatophyllus Steud. [family CONVOLVULACEAE], in Schimp. Exsic. No. 783.
Information
Perennial. Stems tufted, suberect, pubescent, up to 1 1/2 ft. long. Leaves rhomboid, cuneate at the base, 3-lobed, the mid lobe ovate and much exceeding the lateral lobes and irregularly grossly dentate, pubescent, 1 1/2–2 in. long, narrowing to a subacute base; petiole under 1 in. long. Flowers solitary, subsessile in the axils of the leaves. Calyx barely 6 lin. long; sepals abruptly acuminate from a lighter-coloured ovate base. Corolla tubular-campanulate, back hairy, margin densely ciliate, half as long again as the calyx. Capsule globose, glabrous, 3 lin. in diam., 2–4-valved. Seeds small, covered with a short dense brown pubescence.
Distribution
Abyssinia Nile Land Hamedo Plain, 4600 ft., Schimper, 172! near Gapdia, Schimper, 783! and without precise locality, Quartin Dillon.

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