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Ipomoea pinnata

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Identification
Isotype of Ipomoea pinnata Hochst. ex Choisy [family CONVOLVULACEAE ] Verified by Not on sheet, Merremia pinnata (Hochst. ex Choisy) Hallier. F. [family CONVOLVULACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Not on sheet,
Related name
  • Ipomoea pinnata
  • Merremia pinnata

Flora

Entry for MERREMIA pinnata (Hochst. ex Choisy) Hall. f. [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
MERREMIA pinnata (Hochst. ex Choisy) Hall. f. [family CONVOLVULACEAE], (1893);
Ipomoea pinnata Hochst. ex Choisy [family CONVOLVULACEAE], (1845). [type as above]
Information
Annual herb; stems trailing or twining, up to 0.6 m long, pilose when young. Leaves sessile, 1.5–4 cm long, deeply pinnatifid, ± sparsely pilose; lobes in 8–12 pairs, narrowly linear, the lowest branched and stipule-like. Cymes 1–few-flowered; peduncle up to 4 cm long; pedicels up to 5 mm long; bracts linear, small. Sepals elliptic, 4–8 x 1.5–2 mm, acuminate, pilose, the inner lobes much smaller than the outer. Corolla white, cream or yellow, up to 7 mm long. Capsule globose, c. 6 mm in diam., pilose. Seeds 2–2.7 mm long, glabrous, grey or black.
Range
S1 widespread in tropical Africa.
Altitude range
200–250 m.
Distribution
SOMALIA Gillett & Hemming 24884; Paoli 711; Thulin & Bashir Mohamed 7070.

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