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Ipomoea auxocalyx

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Identification
Ipomoea auxocalyx Pilg. [family CONVOLVULACEAE ] Verified by Verdcourt,B., Ipomoea sinensis (Desr.) Choisy [family CONVOLVULACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Verdcourt,B.,
Related name
  • Ipomoea auxocalyx
  • Ipomoea sinensis
  • Ipomoea cardiosepala

Flora

Entry for IPOMOEA sinensis subsp. sinensis [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 sinensis subsp. sinensis [family CONVOLVULACEAE]
Convolvulus sinensis Desr. [family CONVOLVULACEAE], in Lam., Encycl. 3 : 557 (1791)
Convolvulus calycinus Roxb. [family CONVOLVULACEAE], Fl. Ind., ed. Carey & Wall. 2 : 51 (1824). Type : India, Hardwick in Wallich 2255 (K, holo.!, G, iso. !)
Convolvulus ser Spreng. [family CONVOLVULACEAE], Syst. Veg. 1 : 598 (1824), nom. illegit. Type : as C. sinensis
Convolvulus hardwickii Spreng. [family CONVOLVULACEAE], Syst. Veg. 4 (2) : 60 (1827), nom. illegit. Type : as C. calycinus
Ipomoea hardwickii (Spreng.) Sweet [family CONVOLVULACEAE], Hort. Brit., ed. 2 : 372 (1830); Hemsl. in J.L.S. 26 : 160 (1890)
Aniseia calycina (Roxb.) Choisy [family CONVOLVULACEAE], in Mém. Soc. Phys. Genève 6 : 482 (1834) & in DC., Prodr. 9 : 429 (1845)
Ipomoea calycina (Roxb.) C.B.Cl. [family CONVOLVULACEAE], in Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 4 : 201 (1883), non Meisn. (1869)
Ipomoea auxocalyx Pilger [family CONVOLVULACEAE], in N.B.G.B. 11 : 819(1933). Type: Tanganyika, Mahenge, Mberera Mt., Schlieben 2405 (B, holo. †, BM, BR, G, K, P, all iso.!)
Information
Sepals (in flower) 4–6 mm. long, 5–8 mm. wide, cordate at the base : sepals (in fruit) up to 21 × 8 mm. Corolla usually white, 1.2–2.2 cm. long; limb somewhat lobed. Capsule usually about 10 mm. in diameter.
Range
DISTR. T4, 6, 8 also through tropical Asia to Formosa
Altitude range
400–800 m.
Distribution
TANGANYIKA Ufipa District Rukwa valley, 16 Mar. 1952, Siame 168 ! ;TANGANYIKA Ulanga District Mahenge to Kilwa, Mberera Mt., 16 June 1932, Schlieben 2405 ! ;TANGANYIKA Lindi District Kihumbati, 140 km. W. of Lindi, 20 Apr. 1935, Schlieben 6317 !
Distribution (external)
Northern Rhodesia
Mozambique
Southern Rhodesia

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