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Ipomoea gillei

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Identification
Ipomoea gillei Staner [family CONVOLVULACEAE ] Verified by Not on sheet, Ipomoea hildebrandtii Vatke [family CONVOLVULACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Lejoly J. & Lisowski St., 1986
Related name
  • Ipomoea hildebrandtii
  • Ipomoea gillei

Flora

Entry for Ipomoea hildebrandtii (Bak.) Verdc. subsp. grantii [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 hildebrandtii (Bak.) Verdc. subsp. grantii [family CONVOLVULACEAE], in K.B. 15 : 443 (1962). Type : Uganda, Bunyoro, Chopeh, Karuma Falls, Speke & Grant 627 (K, holo. !)
Argyreia populifolia Oliv. var. africana [family CONVOLVULACEAE], in T.L.S. 29 : 114(1875). Type: as subsp. grantii
Argyreia ? grantii Bak. [family CONVOLVULACEAE], in K.B. 1894 : 67 (1894); Bak. & Rendle in F.T.A. 4 (2) : 201 (1906)
Ipomoea populifolia [family CONVOLVULACEAE], sensu Hall.f. in E.J. 28 : 53 (1899) quoad Speke & Grant 627, non (Choisy) Hall. f.
Ipomoea gillei Staner [family CONVOLVULACEAE], in Ann. Soc. Sc. Brux. 58 : 109 (1938). Type : Congo Republic, Semliki Plains, Lebrun 4642 (BR, holo.!)
Information
Bracts and sepals narrow, pubescent, ratio of length to breadth (2.25–)2.9–4.16; corolla purple with pale or white limb, 4–8.5 cm. long.
Range
DISTR. U1–4; K3, 5; T1
Altitude range
900–1700 (?–2000) m.
Distribution
KENYA Kisumu-Londiani District foot of scarp near Fort Ternan, 8 Dec. 1956, Verdcourt 1628 !KENYA South Kavirondo District Kisii, Sept. 1933, Napier 5244 !KENYA and Nyanza Basin, Battiscombe 493a !TANGANYIKA Mwanza District Ukerewe I., Conrads 943 ! and Mwanza, Capri Point, Jan. 1933, Rounce 264 !TANGANYIKA Mwanza/Musoma Districts 131 km. from Mwanza on Musoma road, 18 July 1960, Verdcourt 2901 !UGANDA Karamoja District Upe County, Kunyao River, Oct. 1956, Wilson 259 ! ;UGANDA Ankole District Namatalisi, 29 Mar. 1951, Jarrett 455! ;UGANDA Masaka District Koki, Buyamba, Aug. 1945, Purseglove 1790 !
Distribution (external)
; Congo Republic

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