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Ipomoea bellecomans

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Identification
Ipomoea bellecomans Rendle [family CONVOLVULACEAE ] Ipomoea crassipes Hook. [family CONVOLVULACEAE ] (stored under name);
Related name
  • Ipomoea crassipes
  • Ipomoea bellecomans

Flora

Entry for Ipomoea crassipes var. crassipes Verdc. [family CONVOLVULACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora Zambesiaca
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
FZ, Vol 8, Part 1, page 9, (1987) Author: Maria Leonor Gonçalves
Names
Ipomoea crassipes var. crassipes Verdc. [family CONVOLVULACEAE], in Kew Bull. 14: 339 (1960); in F.T.E.A., Convolvulaceae: 98 (1963). Type as for the species.
Ipomoea calystegioides E. Mey. ex Drege [family CONVOLVULACEAE], Zwei Pflanz. Geogr. Doc.: 145, 153 (1843) nomen nudum.
Aniseia calystegioides Choisy [family CONVOLVULACEAE], in DC., Prodr. 9: 131 (1845). Type from S. Africa.
Ipomoea calystegioides Choisy Hall. f. [family CONVOLVULACEAE], in Engl. Bot. Jahrb. 18: 127 (1893).—Rendle in Journ. Linn. Soc., Bot. 40: 150 (1911). Type from S. Africa.
Ipomoea ukambensis Vatke [family CONVOLVULACEAE], in Linnaea 43: 510 (1882). Type from Kenya.
Ipomoea adumbrata Rendle & Britten [family CONVOLVULACEAE], in Journ. Bot. 32: 173 (1894).—Baker & Rendle in Dyer, F.T.A. 4: 145 (1905). Type from Angola.
Ipomoea oblongata Dammer [family CONVOLVULACEAE], in Engl., Pflanzenw. Ost.-Afr. C: 331 (1895) nom. illegit. Type from Tanzania.
Ipomoea greenstockii Rendle [family CONVOLVULACEAE], in Journ. Bot. 34: 38 (1896 et 39: 14 (1901).—Baker & Wright in Dyer, F. C. 4: 51 (1904). Type from S. Africa (Transvaal).
Ipomoea crassipes var. ukambensis Vatke Hall. f. [family CONVOLVULACEAE], in Bull. Herb. Boiss. 7: 46 (1899).—Baker & Rendle in F.T.A. 4, 2: 147 (1905). Type as for Ipomoea ukambensis.
Ipomoea sarmentacea Rendle [family CONVOLVULACEAE], in Journ. Bot. 39: 15 (1901).—Baker & Wright in Fl. Cap. 4: 57 (1904). Type from S. Africa (Transvaal).
Ipomoea bellecomans Rendle [family CONVOLVULACEAE], in Journ. Bot. 39: 15 (1901).—Baker & Wright in Fl. Cap. 4: 55 (1904). Type from S. Africa (Transvaal).
Ipomoea crassipes var. shirensis Baker [family CONVOLVULACEAE], in F.T.A. 4, 2: 147 (1905). Type: Malawi, Shire Highlands, Buchana 89 (K, holotype).
Habitat
Woodland, savanna, grassland and sandy soil
Altitude range
120–1400 m.
1400
120
Distribution
Mozambique M Maputo, nr. Goba, fl. & fr. 23.xi.1942, Mendonça 3085 (C; LISC; LMU).Mozambique GI Canicado, Lower Mossingir, 305 m., fl. & fr. 1.xi.1905, Swynnerton 312 (BM).Mozambique MS Manica, from Messambuzi to Mavita, 880 m., fl. 2.xi.1965, Correia 307 (LISC).Mozambique T Angonia, fl. & fr. 19.xi.1980, Macuácua 1254 (LMA).Mozambique Z Namagoa, 200 km. inland from Quelimane, 30—60 m., fl. & fr. ix.1943, Faulkner 85 (BM; K; PRE).Malawi S Makwapala, 716 m., fl. 3.iv.1937, Lawrence 354 (K).Zimbabwe S 48–97 km. S. of Masvingo, fl. & fr. 16.iv.1948, Rodin 4243 (K; PRE; SRGH).Zimbabwe E Chipinge, 6 km. S. of Rusongo, 400 m., fl. & fr. 1.ii.1975, Biegel, Pope & Gibbs-Russell 4906 (K; SRGH).Zimbabwe C Umvuma, fl. &fr. i.1923, Eyles 7556 (K; SRGH).Zimbabwe W Bulalima Mangwe, about 1·5 km. W. of Plumtree, 1300 m., fl. & fr. 30.xi.1972, Norrgrann 292 (K; SRGH).Zambia S Namwala, Rhino Pools, Kafue National Park, fl. & fr. 11.xii.1962, Mitchell 15/93 (COI; SRGH).Zambia C Kapiri Mposhi, fl. & fr. 14.x.1964, Fanshawe 8949 (K; SRGH).Zambia W Mwinilunga, just N. of Mwinilunga, fl. & fr. 26.i.1938, Milne-Redhead 4357 (BM; K).Botswana SE Mahalapye, St. Patrick's Mission, fl. & fr. 8.iii.1977, Camerik 87 (K; PRE).Mozambique N Montepuez, between Montepuez and Nantulo, 500 m., fl. & fr. 27.xii.1963, Torre & Paiva 9744 (BR; EA; K; LISC; PRE).Malawi C About 3 km. N. of Kasungu, 1000 m., fl. & fr. 14.i.1959, Robson 1170 (K; LISC; SRGH).Zambia N Isoka, fl. & fr. 21.xii.1962, Fanshawe 7199 (K; SRGH).Zimbabwe N Urungwe, Zwipani, 1070 m., fl. & fr. 12.x.1957, Phipps 777 (COI; SRGH).Botswana N c. 19 km. S. of Botswana border, fl. & fr. 14.i.1960, Leach & Noel 23 (SRGH).
Distribution (external)
Kenya
Tanzania
S. Africa (Transvaal, Natal)
Swaziland
Angola
Namibia
Notes
The var. hewittioides has prostrate stems. The leaf lamina is oblong-ovate and the corolla 4–5 cm. long. It occurs in Tanzania, Angola and possibly S. Africa.

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