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Jacquemontia ovalifolia

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Identification
Jacquemontia ovalifolia (Vahl) Hallier f. [family CONVOLVULACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by R. Robertson, 1970 Convolvulus coeruleus Schumach. and Thonn. [family CONVOLVULACEAE ] Verified by Not on Sheet,
Related name
  • Jacquemontia subsalina
  • Ipomaea ovalifolia
  • Convolvulus coeruleus
  • Bonamia menziesii
  • Convolvulus indet.
  • Jacquemontia ovalifolia
  • Convolvulus pes-caprae
  • Ipomoea ovalifolia
  • Ipomoeae ovalifolia
  • Montejacquia bifida
  • Convolvulus ovalifolius

Flora

Entry for JACQUEMONTIA ovalifolia (Vahl) 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
JACQUEMONTIA ovalifolia (Vahl) Hall. f. [family CONVOLVULACEAE], (1893);
Convolvulus ovalifolius Vahl [family CONVOLVULACEAE], (1798). [type as above]
Information
Annual or biennial prostrate herb; stems glabrous, up to 3 m long. Leaf-blades oblong to elliptic, up to 8 x 4.5 cm, cuneate at the base, obtuse or emarginate at the apex, entire, glabrous; petiole up to 3 cm long. Cymes few-flowered; peduncle up to c. 3(–6) cm long; bracts up to 8 x 3 mm. Sepals ovate or obovate-elliptic, unequal, 4–7 x 4 mm, acute. Corolla blue, c. 1 cm long. Capsule c. 5 mm in diam.
Range
C2; S3 West Africa
Altitude range
40–500 m.
Distribution
SOMALIA Maunder 39; Ciferri 105; Warfa & Warsame 1090.
Distribution (external)
Uganda
Kenya
Tanzania
Angola
Namibia

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