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Hyalocystis popovii

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Holotype of Hyalocystis popovii Verdc. [family CONVOLVULACEAE]

Hyalocystis popovii Verdc. [family CONVOLVULACEAE]

Isotype of Hyalocystis popovii Verdc. [family CONVOLVULACEAE]

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Identification

Hyalocystis popovii Verdc. [family CONVOLVULACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Verdcourt B, 1956

Flora

Entry for HYALOCYSTIS popovii Verdc. [family CONVOLVULACEAE]

Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)

Reference Sources

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]

HYALOCYSTIS popovii Verdc. [family CONVOLVULACEAE], (1957).

Stems with short glandular hairs. Leaves suborbicular to ovate-oblong, up to 40 x 30–40 mm, palmately 7-lobed, with short glandular hairs; petiole 0.5–2 cm long. Peduncle c. 10 mm long, pubescent; pedicels 2–4 mm long; bracts up to 10 x 3 mm. Outer sepals ovate or orbicular, 12–15 x 11–13 mm, entire or ± toothed, the inner up to 12 x 3 mm. Corolla pinkish with darker centre, 2.5–3.5 cm long, densely pilose outside. Ovary densely pilose. Probably bushland on sand. N1 or 2; E Ethiopia. Peck 381. The only collection seen from Somalia was made 26 Dec 1941 in “British Somaliland”, and no further information is available.

Baragis (Som.).