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Ipomoea zambesiaca

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Identification
Ipomoea zambesiaca Baker [family CONVOLVULACEAE ] Ipomoea lapathifolia Hallier f. [family CONVOLVULACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Maria Leonor Gonçalves, Ipomoea lapathifolia Hallier f. [family CONVOLVULACEAE ] Verified by Hallier f.,
Related name
  • Ipomoea lapathifolia
  • Ipomoea zambesiaca

Flora

Entry for IPOMOEA tenuirostris subsp. tenuirostris [family CONVOLVULACEAE]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora of Tropical East Africa
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora of Tropical East Africa, page 1, (1963) Author: B. VERDCOURT (East African Herbarium)
Names
IPOMOEA tenuirostris subsp. tenuirostris [family CONVOLVULACEAE]
IPOMOEA acuminata Bak. [family CONVOLVULACEAE], in K.B. 1894 : 72 (1894), non (Vahl) Roem. & Schultes (1819), nom. illegit. Type : “ Zambezi Highlands ”, Kirk (K, lecto.!)
IPOMOEA zambesiaca Britten [family CONVOLVULACEAE], in J.B. 32 : 85 (Mar. 1894), non Bak. (Feb. 1894); nom. illegit. Type : as I. acuminata Bak.
IPOMOEA halleriana Britten [family CONVOLVULACEAE], in J.B. 32 : 170 (1894). Type : as I. acuminata Bak.
IPOMOEA mweroënsis Bak. [family CONVOLVULACEAE], in K.B. 1895 : 291 (1895). Type : Northern Rhodesia, Lake Mweru, Carson 23 (K, holo.!)
IPOMOEA gracilior Rendle [family CONVOLVULACEAE], in J.B. 46 : 180 (1908). Type : Uganda, Mubende District, Ngusi [Nkussi], Bagshawe 1385 (BM, lecto.!)
Information
Flowering on long twining stems. Leaf-blade ovate, usually 5–9 cm. long, 3–5.5 cm. broad, acute, mostly ± densely pilose. Inflorescences mostly several-flowered; peduncle thicker than in other forms. Sepals pilose. Corolla usually purple.
Range
DISTR. U1–4; K1, 3–6; T3, 4, 7
Altitude range
1350–2250 m.
Distribution
KENYA Trans-Nzoia District east Elgon, 17 Jan. 1955, Irwin 146! ;KENYA Kiambu District Limuru road, July 1932, Napier 2117 ! ;KENYA Kericho District Sotik, 15 June 1953, Verdcourt 977 !TANGANYIKA Pare District Same, May 1928, Haarer 1387 ! ;TANGANYIKA Rungwe District Kyimbila, Stolz 296 ! & Rungwe Mt., 25 Oct. 1956, Richards 6797 !UGANDA Mengo District Kampala, Namulonge, Lind in E.A.H. 10518! ;UGANDA Kigezi District Kachwekano Farm, Apr. 1949, Purseglove 2762! & Jan. 1950, Purseglove 3207 ! & Ruhungire, 24 Apr. 1941, A. S. Thomas 3817 !
Distribution (external)
; Eritrea
Sudan
Congo Republics
Northern
Southern Rhodesia
Nyasaland
Cameroun Republic
Notes
Some examples of the type have wider sepals than the East African material but other Eritrean material has narrow sepals and it is supposed that the wide sepals are chance variation. I. gracilior is a form with narrower, less hairy sepals.

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