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Ipomoea lilacina

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Identification
Ipomoea rubens Choisy [family CONVOLVULACEAE ] (stored under name); Ipomoea lilacina Blume [family CONVOLVULACEAE ] Verified by Hutchinson & Dalziel, Ipomoea baclii Choisy [family CONVOLVULACEAE ]
Related name
  • Ipomoea kituiensis
  • Ipomoea oxyphylla
  • Ipomoea indica
  • Ipomoea unrecorded
  • Ipomoea lilacina
  • Ipomoea baclii
  • Ipomoea rubens

Flora

Entry for Ipomoea rubens Choisy [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 rubens Choisy [family CONVOLVULACEAE], in Mém. Soc. Phys. Genève 6 : 463 (1834); Prain in Journ. As. Soc. Bengal 63 : 109 (1894); Chiov., Miss. Stef.-Paoli, Collez. Bot. 1 : 125 (1916); Verdc. in Webbia 13 : 324 (1958). Types : India, Silhet and Goalpara, Wallich 1421 (G, syn.!, K, isosyn.!)
Ipomoea lilacina Bl. [family CONVOLVULACEAE], Bijdr. : 716 (1826); Bak. & Rendle in F.T.A. 4 (2) : 187 (1905); F.W.T.A. 2 : 215 (1931), non Schrank (1822); nom. illegit. Type : Java, Batavia, Blume 1097, (L, holo.!)
Ipomoea riparia G. Don [family CONVOLVULACEAE], Gen. Syst. 4 : 265 (1837); Exell, Cat. Vasc. Pl. S. Tomé : 251 (1944); T.T.C.L. : 172 (1949); van Ooststr. in Fl. Males., ser. 1, 4 (4) : 484 (1953); Meeuse in Bothalia 6 : 766 (1958). Type : S. Tomé, G. Don (BM, holo.!)
Ipomoea baclii Choisy [family CONVOLVULACEAE], in Mém. Soc. Phys. Genève 8 : 60, t. 2 (1838). Type : Senegal, Bacle (G, holo.!) (name frequently cited baclei)
Pharbitis fragrans Choisy [family CONVOLVULACEAE], in DC., Prodr. 9 : 341 (1845). Type : Madagascar, Foulepoint, Bojer (G, holo.!)
Ipomoea lindleyi Choisy [family CONVOLVULACEAE], in DC., Prodr. 9 : 371 (1845). Type : Madagascar, Urquhart (CGE, holo.!)
Ipomoea fragrans (Choisy) Hall.f. [family CONVOLVULACEAE], in E.J. 18 : 153 (1893); van Ooststr. in Blumea 3 : 564 (1940)
Ipomoea oxyphylla Bak. [family CONVOLVULACEAE], in K.B. 1894 : 71 (1894). Type : Angola, Cuanza Norte, Pungo Andongo, Welwitsch 6229 (K, holo.!)
Ipomoea stuhlmannii Dammer [family CONVOLVULACEAE], in P.O.A. C : 333(1895). Type: Tanganyika, Bukumbi, Stuhlmann 828 (B, holo. †)
Ipomoea brasseuriana De Wild. [family CONVOLVULACEAE], in Ann. Mus. Congo, sér. 4 : 115 (1903); Bak. & Rendle in F.T.A. 4 (2) : 186 (1905). Type : Congo Republic, Katanga, Lake Mweru, Verdick (BR, holo. !)
Information
Perennial twiner; stems pubescent, rather woody, up to 3.6 m. long. Leaf-blade entire or rarely 3-lobed, ovate, 5–17 cm. long, 4–14 cm. wide, acuminate at the apex, cordate at the base, glabrous to slightly pubescent or densely velutinous; petiole up to 7(–12) cm. long. Peduncle 2–16 cm. long, pubescent, few- to many-flowered; pedicels up to 1.5 cm. long; bracts ovate, minute. Sepals ovate, obtuse or minutely mucronate, 6–8 mm. long and 5–8 mm. wide, pilose. Corolla funnel-shaped, purple, 3–4.5 cm. long,sparsely pilose. Capsule globose, glabrous, 1.3 cm. in diameter. Seeds ovoid, 5 mm. long, 4.5 mm. wide, densely hairy; hairs 2.5 mm. long.
Range
DISTR. U3, 4; K5; T1, 4, 6 widespread in tropical Africa,
Altitude range
700–1200 m.
Distribution
KENYA Central Kavirondo District Kisumu, McMahon K275 ! & K276 !, & Kavirondo Gulf, Maboko Is., 27 Dec. 1939, Hornby 1078 !TANGANYIKA Mwanza District Ukerewe I., 17 May 1929, Conrads 721 ! & Kalemera, 27 Feb. 1952, Tanner 556 !TANGANYIKA Kigoma, 9 Apr. 1945, Wallace 1218 !UGANDA Teso District Serere, 20 Sept. 1954, Lind 406 ! ;UGANDA Mengo District Wakyato to Ngoma, km. 8, 31 July 1956, Langdale Brown 2279 !
Distribution (external)
Madagascar
Mascarene Is
India
Malaysia
Philippines
Guiana

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