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Ipomoea quamoclit

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Name

Identification
Ipomoea quamoclit
Related name
  • Ipomoea quamoclit
Common name
  • cheveux de Venus (Berhaut)., Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 1
  • cypress vine; Cupid’s flower; ‘Johnny Walker’ (Ainslie)., Burkill, H.M. 1985. The useful plants of west tropical Africa, Vol. 1

Flora

Entry for Ipomoea quamoclit Linn. [family CONVOLVULACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora of West Tropical Africa
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora of West Tropical Africa, Vol 2,
Names
Ipomoea quamoclit Linn. [family CONVOLVULACEAE], Sp. Pl. 159 (1753); van Ooststr. l.c. 555; O’Donell in Lilloa 29: 74, for full synonymy.
Convolvulus pennatus Desr. [family CONVOLVULACEAE], (1791)
Quamoclit pennata (Desr.) Boj. [family ], HortMaurit224 (1837); F.W.T.A., ed1, 2: 213
Quamoclit vulgaris Choisy [family ], in MémSocPhysGenève 6: 434 (1833); F.T.A4, 2: 128; Exell Cat8Tome 249
Information
A glabrous twiner,cultivatedlike the last.
Habitat
cultivated
Range
Native of tropical America, often cultivated in warner countries as an ornamental and frequently naturalized.
Distribution
S. L.: Waterloo (fl. & fr. Aug.) Melville 8 Hooker 171! Njala (July) Deighton 1162! Bo (fl. 8 fr. Jan.) Thomas 7423!Lib.:N. Nig.: Sokoto (fl. & fr. Nov.) Moiser 25!S. Nig.: Sapoba Kennedy 152! 1585! Lagos MacGregor 85! Port Harcourt (fl. 8 fr. July) Stubbings 191![Br.] Cam.: Man-of-War Bay (Apr.) Schlechter 12398!F. Po: (fr. July) Mann. 400! Barter 1266!

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