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Ipomoea sinensis

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Name

Identification
Ipomoea auxocalyx Pilg. [family CONVOLVULACEAE ] Verified by Verdcourt,B., Ipomoea sinensis (Desr.) Choisy [family CONVOLVULACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Verdcourt,B.,
Related name
  • Aniseia calycina
  • Ipomoea auxocalyx
  • Ipomoea sagittata
  • Ipomoea blepharosepala
  • Ipomoea aff. cordofanoe
  • Ipomoea sinensis
  • Ipomoea cardiosepala
  • Ipomoea hardwickii
  • Lepistemon unrecorded
  • Ipomoea calycina
  • Ipomoea cordigera

Flora

Entry for IPOMOEA sinensis (Desr.) Choisy [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 sinensis (Desr.) Choisy [family CONVOLVULACEAE], (1834);
Convolvulus sinensis Desr. [family CONVOLVULACEAE], (1791). [type as above]
Information
Annual herb; stems prostrate or twining, up to 1 m or more long, pilose. Leaf-blades narrowly to broadly ovate, 2–10 x 1.5–7 cm, cordate at the base, obtuse to subacute at the apex, pubescent to glabrous; petiole up to c. 5 cm long. Cymes 1–3-flowered; peduncle up to 4.5 cm long; pedicels up to c. 1.6 cm long; bracts lanceolate, 2–3 mm long. Outer sepals ovate-acuminate, with a broad cordate base and a ± long narrow upper part, ciliate, inner ones shorter and narrower. Corolla mauve or pink to white or white with purple centre, 1.3–2.2 cm long. Capsule globose, glabrous, 5–10 mm in diam. Seeds c. 2.7 mm long, densely pubescent.

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