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Ipomoea inconspicua

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Identification
Ipomoea inconspicua Baker [family CONVOLVULACEAE ] Ipomoea obscura (L.) Ker Gawl. [family CONVOLVULACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Maria Leonor Gonçalves, Ipomoea fragilis Choisy [family CONVOLVULACEAE ] Ipomoea obscura Hassk. [family CONVOLVULACEAE ] Verified by Hallier f.,
Related name
  • Ipomoea fragilis
  • Ipomoea inconspicua
  • Ipomoea obscura

Flora

Entry for Ipomoea obscura var. obscura [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 obscura var. fragilis Choisy Meeuse [family CONVOLVULACEAE], in Dyer, Fl. Pl. Afr. 31: pl. 1222 (1956); in Bothalia 6: 747 (1958).—Macnae & Kalk, Nat. Hist. Inhaca Isl., Moçamb.: 152 (1958).—Binns, H.C.L.M.: 40 (1968).—Ross, Fl. Natal: 296 (1972).—Jacobsen Check-List Fl. Lomagundi Distr. Rhod.: 171 (1973).
Ipomoea obscura var. demissa Hall. f. Verdc. [family CONVOLVULACEAE], in Kew Bull. 33: 165 (1978).
Ipomoea obscura var. obscura [family CONVOLVULACEAE], —Meeuse in Bothalia 6: 747 (1958).—Verdc. in F.T.E.A., Convolvulaceae: 116 (1963).—Binns, H.C.L.M.: 40 (1968).—Ross, Fl. Natal: 296 (1972).—Jacobsen in Kirkia 9: 171 (1973).
Convolvulus obscurus L. [family CONVOLVULACEAE], Sp. Pl, ed. 2: 220 (1762). Type from Java.
Ipomoea luteola R. Br. [family CONVOLVULACEAE], Prodr.: 485 (1810). Type from Australia.
Ipomoea fragilis Choisy [family CONVOLVULACEAE], in DC., Prodr., 9: 372 (1845).—Baker & Rendle in F.T.A. 4, 2: 165 (1905).—Dandy in F.W. Andr., Fl. Anglo-Egypt. Sudan 3: 116 (1956). Type from S. Africa.
Ipomoea longipes Engl. [family CONVOLVULACEAE], Bot. Jahrb. 10: 246 (1888) nom. illegit. non Garcke (1849). Type from Namibia?.
Ipomoea demissa Hall. f. [family CONVOLVULACEAE], in Engl., Bot. Jahrb. 18: 129 (1893); 28: 38 (1899).—Dammer in Engl., Pflanzenw. Ost-Afr. C: 331 (1895). Type from Tanzania.
Ipomoea inconspicua Baker [family CONVOLVULACEAE], in Kew Bull. 1894: 71 (1894). Type: Malawi, Nakulambe, Buchanan 1881 (K).
Ipomoea obscura var. abyssinica Hall. f. [family CONVOLVULACEAE], in Engl., Bot. Jahrb. 28: 39 (1899). Type from Ethiopia.
Ipomoea obscura var. indica Hall. f. [family CONVOLVULACEAE], in Engl., Bot. Jahrb. 28: 39 (1899). Type as for I, obscura var. obscura.
Ipomoea fragilis var. pubescens Hall. f. [family CONVOLVULACEAE], in Bull. Herb. Boiss. 7: 51 (1899).—Hall. f. in Warb., Kunene-Samb.-Exped. Baum: 347 (1903).—Baker & Rendle in F.T.A. 4. 2: 165 (1905).—Eyles in Trans. Roy. Soc. S. Afr. 5: 454 (1916).—Suessenguth & Merxm. in Trans. Rhod. Sci. Ass. 43: 40 (1951).—Wild, Guide Fl. Victoria Falls: 156 (1953). Type: Malawi, N. of Lake Malawi, lower Plateau, Thomson 1880 (K, holotype).
Habitat
Woodland, bushland, savanna, grassland, sandy soils, cultivated ground and roadsides
Range
Widely spread through tropical Africa to S. Africa, Madagascar, the Mascarene Isl., the Seychelles, also tropical Asia to Queensland and Fiji, China and Formosa.
Altitude range
0–1750 m.
1750
0
Distribution
Mozambique M Mamaacha, Changalane, Estatuene, 527 m., fl. & fr. 9.xi.1967, Balsinhas 1146 (COI; LMA).Mozambique MS Manica Village, fl. & fr. 29.iii.1966, Wild 7565 (K; LISC; SRGH).Mozambique GI Limpopo, Chicualacuala, fl. & fr. 28.iii.1974, Balsinhas 2668 (LMA).Mozambique T Between Marueira and Songo, 1 km. from Songo, fl. & fr. 17.iv.1972, Macedo 5202 (LISC; LMA; SRGH).Malawi S Blantyre Distr., 24 km. W. of Chileka Airport on Rd. to Mpatamanga, 450 m., fl. & fr. 24.ii.1970, Brummitt 8715 (K; SRGH).Malawi C Lilongwe, 1100 m., fl. & fr. 29.iii.1970, Brummitt & Little 9504 (K).Zimbabwe S 48–97 km. S. of Masvingo, fl. & fr. 16.iv.1948, Rodin 4241 (K; PRE).Zimbabwe E Mutare Commonage, fl. & fr. 14.x.1948, Chase 1576 (BM; SRGH).Zimbabwe C Harare, Alexandra Park, Sandringham Drive, 1494 m., fl. & fr. 16.x.1968, Biegel 2640 (K; LISC).Zambia S Machili fl & fr. 9.iii.1961, Fanshawe 6405 (K; SRGH)Zimbabwe W Bulalima Mangwe, 1 km. W. of Plumtree, c. 1300 m., fl. & fr. 27.xi.1972, Norrgrann 287 (K; SRGH).Zambia C N. of Lusaka on the Great North Rd., fl. & fr. 9.viii.1952, Angus 182 (FHO; K)Zambia E c. 4·8 km E. of Chipata, 1000 m., fl. & fr. 7.i,1959,Robson 1054 (BM; K; LISC; SRGH).Zambia W Ndola, fl. & fr. 2.ix.1954, Fanshawe 1519 (K; SRGH).Zambia N Mbala, Mpulungu, Lake Tanganyika, 792 m., fl. & fr. 22.x.1967, Simon & Williamson 1155 (K; LISC; SRGH).Botswana SE Kahia Bangwaketse Reserve, fl. & fr. 12.ii.1961, Smithers in GHS 124668 (SRGH).Botswana SW c. 72 km. N. of Kang, fl. & fr. 18.ii.1960, Wild 5047 (K; SRGH).Mozambique N Mandimba, fl. & fr. 10.iv.1942, Hornby 4526 (K; LISC; MAL; PRE; SRGH; UPS).Malawi N Mzimba Distr., Viphya Plateau, c. 60 km. SW. of Mzuzu, 1676 m., fl. & fr. 11.xi.1973, Pawek 7494 (K; SRGH).Zimbabwe N Mazoe, 1220 m.,fl. & fr. viii.1917 Walters 2308 (K; SRGH).Zambia B Masese, fl. 8.ix.1969, Mutimushi 3580 (K).Botswana N Dindinga Isl., fl. & fr.27.iii.1975, Smith 1314 (K; SRGH).

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