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Ipomoea carsonii

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Identification
Ipomoea eriocarpa unrecorded [family CONVOLVULACEAE ] Verified by Maria Leonor Gonçalves, Ipomoea carsonii Baker [family CONVOLVULACEAE ] (stored under name);
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  • Ipomoea eriocarpa
  • Ipomoea carsonii

Flora

Entry for Ipomoea eriocarpa R. Br. [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 eriocarpa R. Br. [family CONVOLVULACEAE], Prodr. Fl. Nov. Holl.,: 484 (1810).—Choisy in DC., Prodr. 9: 369 (1845).—Hiern, Cat. Afr. Pl. Welw. 1: 732 (1898).—Baker & Rendle in F.T.A. 4: 136 (1905).—Eyles in Trans. Roy. Soc. S. Afr. 5: 454 (1916).—van Ooststr. in Fl. Males. Ser. 1, 4: 462, fig. 35 (1953).—Wild, Guide to Fl. Victoria Falls: 155 (1953).—Dandy in F.W. Andr., Fl. Anglo-Egypt, Sudan 3: 113 (1956).—Meeuse in Bothalia 6: 722 (1958).—Heine in F.W.T.A. ed. 2, 2: 350 (1963).—Verdc. in F.T.E.A., Convolvulaceae: 91, fig. 22, 5 and 24, 4 (1963).—Binns H.C.L.M.: 40 (1968).—Williamson, Useful Pl. Malawi: 70(1972).—Jacobsen in Kirkia 9: 171 (1973). Type from Australia.
Convolvulus hispidus Vahl [family CONVOLVULACEAE], Symb. Bot. 3: 29 (1794). Type from “India orientalis”.
Ipomoea hispida Vahl Roem. & Schult. [family CONVOLVULACEAE], Syst. Veg., ed. nov. 4: 238 (1819) nom illegit non Zuccagni (1806).—Hall. f. in Engl., Bot. Jahrb. 18: 123 (1893).—Hutch. & Dalz., F.W.T.A. 2: 216 (1931).
Ipomoea sessiliflora Roth. [family CONVOLVULACEAE], Nov. Pl. Sp.: 116 (1821). Type from “India orientalis”.
Ipomoea carsonii Baker [family CONVOLVULACEAE], Type: Zambia, Plateau above Lake Tanganyika, Carson s.n. (K); This is possibly a hybrid between I. eriocarpa and I. tenuirostris.
Information
Very variable annual. Stems twining or prostrate, pubescent or hispid, covered with both long and short hairs. Leaf lamina ovate-cordate to linear-oblong, 2–10 × 0·8–7 cm., usually subhastate at the base with rounded lobes, apex long-attenuate to acuminate, obtuse or acute, margin entire pilose-strigose or glabrescent; petiole 1–6 cm. long. Inflorescences axillary, (1) 3-many flowered, subsessile or peduncle up to 1·5 cm. long; bracts linear or lanceolate, pilose; peduncle up to 1·5 cm. long; bracts linear or lanceolate, pilose; pedicels more or less 5 mm. long, pilose. Sepals subequal, ovate, acuminate, up to 9 mm. long, hispid-pilose, spreading in young fruit; basal part 5 × 4 mm.; apical part. 4 × 0·5 mm. Corolla tubular to funnel-shaped, mauve, white, pink or white with a mauve centre, up to 10 mm. long, midpetaline areas pilose. Ovary with long hairs. Capsule ovoid-globose to globose, hairy, apiculate by the style-base. Seeds black, finely punctate, glabrous.
Habitat
Savanna woodland, grassland, alluvial and sandy soils and cultivated ground
Range
Tropical Africa to S. Africa (Transvaal), Madagascar, Egypt, tropical Asia and N. Australia.
Altitude range
0–1530 m.
1530
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Distribution
Mozambique MS Beira, Gorongosa National Park, fl. &fr. viii.1970, Tinley 1995 (LISC; SRGH).Mozambique Z Quelimane, Mocuba, Namagoa, fl. & fr. vi.1947, Faulkner 160 (COI; K; SRGH).Mozambique T Tete, Boroma, Sisitso, 275 m., fl. & fr. 10.vii.1950, Chase 2634 (BM; K; SRGH).Malawi C 6 km. N. of Nkhota Kota, fl. & fr. 16.vi.1970, Brummitt 11442 (K).Zimbabwe C Kadoma Distr., Golden Valley, fl. & fr. 14.iii.1977, Seeds Services VS/05 (SRGH).Zimbabwe E Mutare, Mutare Commonage, fl. & fr. 26.iv.1948 Chase 657 (BM; K; LISC; SRGH).Zimbabwe W Bulawayo, Norfolk Rd., 1360 m.,fl. &fr. 15.iii.1964, Best 397 (K; SRGH).Zambia S Mazabuka, Veterinary Research Station, fl. & fr. 6.iii.1963, van Rensberg 1583 (K; SRGH).Zambia C Lusaka Distr., Chinyunyu Hot springs, 85 km. from Lusaka on Rd. to Petauke, fl. & fr. 12.ii.1975, Brummitt & Lewis 14321 (K; LISC; NDO; SRGH).Zambia W Mwinilunga Distr., slope E. of Matonchi Farm, fl. &fr. 11.xi.1937, Milne-Redhead 3197 (BM; K).Mozambique N Mozambique Distr., Malema, Mutuali, Exp. Stat. CICA, fl. & fr. 27.iv.1961, Balsinhas & Marrime 458 (COI; K; LISC; LMA).Malawi N Nkhata Bay at Chikale Beach, 170 m., fl. & fr. 13.viii.1972, Pawek 5643 (K; SRGH).Zimbabwe N Gokwe, Copper Queen Rd., fl. & fr. 6.xi.1963, Bingham 897 (K; SRGH).Zambia N Mbala, Sansia Falls, Kalambo, 1530 m., fl. & fr. 7.v.1969, Sanane 683 (K).Botswana N N. of Lake Xau, fl. & fr. 22.iii.1965, Wild & Drumond 7229, (K; LISC; SRGH).

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