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Convolvulus tuberculatus

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Identification
Convolvulus tuberculatus Desr. [family CONVOLVULACEAE ] (stored under name); Ipomoea cairica (L.) Sweet [family CONVOLVULACEAE ] Ipomoea tuberculata (Desr.) Roem. & Schult. [family CONVOLVULACEAE ]
Related name
  • Ipomoea cairica
  • Ipomoea tuberculata
  • Convolvulus tuberculatus

Flora

Entry for Ipomoea cairica var. cairica [family CONVOLVULACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora of Tropical East Africa
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora of Tropical East Africa, page 1, (1963) Author: B. VERDCOURT (East African Herbarium)
Names
Ipomoea cairica var. cairica [family CONVOLVULACEAE]
Convolvulus cairicus L. [family CONVOLVULACEAE], Syst. Nat., ed. 10 : 922 (1759)
Ipomoea palmata Forsk. [family CONVOLVULACEAE], Fl. Aegypt.-Arab. : 43 (1775); Bak. & Rendle in F.T.A. 4 (2) : 178 (1905). Type : Egypt, Rosetta, Forskål (C, holo.!)
Convolvulus tuberculatus Desr. [family CONVOLVULACEAE], in Lam., Encycl. 3 : 545 (1791). Type : a plant cultivated in Paris from seed from Réunion (P, holo. !)
Ipomoea senegalensis Lam. [family CONVOLVULACEAE], Illustr. 1 : 464 (1793). Type : Senegal, Roussilon (P, holo.!)
Ipomoea vesiculosa Beauv. [family CONVOLVULACEAE], Fl. Owar. 2 : 73, t. 106 (1819). Type : Nigeria, Oware, Beauvois (G, holo.!)
Ipomoea tuberculata (Desr.) Roem. & Schultes [family CONVOLVULACEAE], Syst. 4 : 208 (1819)
Ipomoea mendesii Welw. [family CONVOLVULACEAE], Apont. : 584 (1859). Type : Angola, a plant cultivated in Loanda, Mendes Alfonso (ubi?)
Information
Corolla 4.5–6 cm. long.
Range
DISTR. U2–4; K1, 3–6; T1–7 throughout tropical Africa; also from the eastern Mediterranean region through Asia to Formosa
Altitude range
750–1900 m.
Distribution
KENYA Trans-Nzoia District Endebess, 28 Feb. 1955, Irwin 152!KENYA Naivasha, Aug. 1934, Turner in C.M. 6911 !KENYA Nairobi, 7 Sept. 1930, Napier 430 !TANGANYIKA Mwanza District Ukerewe I., Conrads 714! ;TANGANYIKA Mbulu District Lake Babati, Nov. 1930, Haarer 1818 ! ;TANGANYIKA Kondoa District Sambala, 18 July 1929, B. D. Burtt 2165!UGANDA Ankole District Ruizi R., 14 Apr. 1951, Jarrett 393 ! & Nyabushoza, 16 Sept. 1941, A. S. Thomas 3992 ! ;UGANDA Masaka District Sesse I., Luvo, 10 Feb. 1945, N. M. Brown 21 !
Notes
The last synonym is given on the evidence of Baker & Rendle who also give this name in the synonymy of Merremia tuberosa

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