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Ipomoea rubra

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Name

Identification
Ipomoea rubra (Vahl) Millsp. [family CONVOLVULACEAE ]
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Flora

Entry for Ipomoea setifera Poir. [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 setifera Poir. [family CONVOLVULACEAE], in Lam. Encycl. Méth. Bot. 6: 17 (1804); F.T.A. 4, 2: 199; F.W.T.A., ed. 1, 2: 216, partly (excl. Phimtre 55); Hill & Sandwith Fl. Trinidad & Tobago 2: 228 (1953); Berhaut Fl. Sén. 156, 158.
Convolvulus ruber Vahl [family CONVOLVULACEAE], Eclog. Am. 2: 12 (1798)
Ipomoea rubra (Vahl) Millesp. [family CONVOLVULACEAE], in Field ColMusBot2: 86 (1900); Urban SymbAntill3: 345 (1902), not of Murray (1774).
Information
A hirsute rather robust twiner and trailer with red-purple flowers 2 to nearly 4 in. long, the sepals often plicate, tubercled and apiculate.
Range
A native of tropical America and now naturalized in our area
Distribution
Sen.: Berhaut 1780.Gam.: Kudang (Jan.) Dalz. 8050! S. bank of Gambia B. Brown-Lester 9!Guin.: Heudelot 750!S. L.: York (Dec.) Deighton 3338! Yungeru (Jan.) Thomas 7207! 7278! Port Loko (fr. Dec.) Thomas 6552! 6638! Kambia (cult.) (Dec.) Sc. Elliot 5902! Rokupr (fl. 8 fr. Jan.) Deighton 2945!Iv. C.: Marahoui (fr. Jan.) de Wit 7647!

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