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Ipomoea ovatolanceolata

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Identification
Ipomoea ovatolanceolata (Hallier f.) Thulin [family CONVOLVULACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Data not digitized, Ipomoea adenioides Schinz [family CONVOLVULACEAE ] Verified by Data not digitized,
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  • Ipomoea ovatolanceolata
  • Ipomoea adenioides

Flora

Entry for IPOMOEA ovatolanceolata (Hall. f.) Thulin [family CONVOLVULACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora Somalia
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora Somalia, Vol 3, (2006) Author: by M.A. García (Cuscuta), Sebsebe Demissew (Cladostigma, Hildebrandtia, Seddera), and M. Thulin (Astripomoea, Convolvulus, Cressa, Dichondra, Evolvulus, Hewittia, Hyalocystis, Ipomoea, Jacquemontia, Merremia, Operculina, Stictocardia, Turbina, Xenostegia) [updated by M. Thulin 2008]
Names
IPOMOEA ovatolanceolata (Hall. f.) Thulin [family CONVOLVULACEAE], (2005);. type: N3, “Nogal”, Robecchi-Bricchetti 499 (FT holo.).
IPOMOEA adenoides Hall. f. var. ovatolanceolata [family CONVOLVULACEAE], in Ann. R. Ist. Bot. Roma 7: 235 (1898);. type: N3, “Nogal”, Robecchi-Bricchetti 499 (FT holo.).
Information
Erect slender shrub, up to 1.5 m tall; young stems densely silvery pubescent and with many prominent leaf scars. Leaf-blades linear-oblong to ovate-lanceolate, 3–8.5 x 0.6–3 cm, often folded, cuneate to rounded at the base, subacute to obtuse at the apex, glabrous to sparsely pubescent above, silvery pubescent beneath; petiole up to 1.5(–3) cm long. Flowers solitary; pedicel 3–6 mm long; bracts linear, 2–4 mm long. Sepals lanceolate, 10–12 x 3–5 mm, pubescent. Corolla cream, opening in evening, c. 5.5–9 cm long, funnel-shaped, midpetaline areas pilose. Capsule narrowly obovoid, 15–20 mm long, glabrous. Seeds ovoid, 6–7 mm long, covered by off-white 10–12 mm long hairs.
Range
N3; C1; S2 not known elsewhere.
Altitude range
75–310 m.
Distribution
SOMALIA Gillett, Hemming & Watson 22232; Thulin & Abdi Dahir 6621; Thulin, Hedrén & Abdi Dahir 7254.

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