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Ipomoea luteola

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Identification
Ipomoea luteola R.Br. [family CONVOLVULACEAE ] Ipomoea obscura (L.) Ker-Gawl. [family CONVOLVULACEAE ] (stored under name);
Related name
  • Ipomoea obscura
  • Ipomoea luteola

Flora

Entry for Ipomoea obscura var. obscura [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 obscura var. obscura [family CONVOLVULACEAE]
Convolvulus obscurus L. [family CONVOLVULACEAE], Sp. Pl., ed. 2 : 220 (1762)
Ipomoea luteola R. Br. [family CONVOLVULACEAE], Prodr. : 485 (1810). Type : Australia, Queensland, Keppell Bay, R. Brown 2744 (BM, holo.!)
Ipomoea fragilis Choisy [family CONVOLVULACEAE], in DC., Prodr. 9 : 372 (1845); Bak. & Rendle in F.T.A. 4 (2) : 165 (1905). Type : South Africa, Cape Province, Maadji Mt., Burchell 2362 (G, hololecto. !, K, isolecto. !)
Ipomoea acutiflora A. Rich. [family CONVOLVULACEAE], Tent. Fl. Abyss. 2 : 71 (1851). Type : Ethiopia, Choa, Quartin Dillon & Petit (P, holo.!)
Ipomoea saltiana Rendle [family CONVOLVULACEAE], in J.B. 32 : 178 (1894). Type : Ethiopia, without locality, Salt (BM, holo.!)
Ipomoea obscura Hall.f. var. abyssinica [family CONVOLVULACEAE], in E.J. 28 : 39 (1899). Type : Ethiopia, Gapdia, Schimper 801 (B, lecto. †, G, K, W, isolecto. !)
Ipomoea obscura Hall.f. var. indica [family CONVOLVULACEAE], in E.J. 28 : 39 (1899). Type : as I. obscura var. obscura.
Information
Leaf-blade ovate-cordate, glabrescent or sparsely hairy. Sepals ± ovate, glabrescent or pilose.
Range
DISTR. U1–4; K1, 3, 4, 6, 7; T1–6, 8; Z; P : widely spread through tropical Africa to South Africa, Madagascar, Mascarene Is., the Seychelles & through tropical Asia to Queensland and Fiji; also in China and Formosa
Altitude range
0–2200 m.
Distribution
KENYA Northern Frontier Province Moyale, 1 Sept. 1952, Gillett 13765 !KENYA Trans-Nzoia District Endebess, 10 Feb. 1955, Irwin 147 ! ;KENYA Kwale District Tanga to Mombasa road, about 1.5 km. from the Tanganyika border, 14 Aug. 1953, Drummond & Hemsley 3747 !TANGANYIKA Tanga District Sigi Valley, Kisiwani, 30 May 1950, Verdcourt 248 ! ;TANGANYIKA Dodoma District near Kazikazi, 29 Sept. 1931, B. D. Burtt 3405 ! ;TANGANYIKA Mpwapwa District Kongwa, 14 Apr. 1950, Anderson 667 !UGANDA Acholi District Madi Opei, Apr. 1943, Purseglove 1503! ;UGANDA Karamoja District Moroto, Oct. 1955, Wilson 207 ! (in part).ZANZIBAR Zanzibar I. , Chwaka, 21 June 1935, Vaughan 2244 ! & Muyuni, 19 Oct. 1930, Vaughan 1651 !ZANZIBAR Pemba I. , Chake Chake, 15 Aug. 1929, Vaughan 625 !

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