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Quamoclit coccinea

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Identification
Ipomoea hederifolia L. [family CONVOLVULACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Espina Z.,J., 1979 Quamoclit coccinea (L.) Moench [family CONVOLVULACEAE ] Verified by Dugand, Quamoclit not on sheet Not On Sheet [family CONVOLVULACEAE ] Verified by Not On Sheet,
Related name
  • Quamoclit gracilis
  • Ipomoea cristulata
  • Ipomoea not on sheet
  • Ipomoea parviflora
  • Quamoclit not on sheet
  • Quamoclit coccinea
  • Ipomoea coccinea
  • Ipomoea indet.
  • Ipomoea hederifolia

Flora

Entry for QUAMOCLIT coccinea Moench [family ]
Herbarium
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (K)
Collection
Flora Capensis
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora Capensis, Vol 4, page 45, (1904) Author: By J. G. BAKERand C. H. WRIGHT.
Names
QUAMOCLIT coccinea Moench [family ], Meth. 453;—Choisy in DC. Prod. ix. 335; C. B. Clarke in Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. iv. 199; Peter in Engl. & Prantl, Pflanzenfam. iv. 3A. 27.
Ipomœa coccinea Linn. [family ], Sp. Pl. ed. 2, 228; Bot. Mag. t. 221; Andr. Bot. Rep. t. 499; Meissn. in Mart. Fl. Bras. vii. 218.
Information
stem terete or obscurely quadrangular, glabrous or slightly hairy at the nodes; leaves cordate, entire or 3-lobed, about 2 in. long and broad; peduncles about 6 in. long, terminating in a lax cyme; calyx 2 lin. long; teeth subulate; corolla red; tube 1 in. long, slightly inflated above; limb about 10 lin. in diam.; lobes rotundate; filaments slender, much exserted. null
Range
Doubtless introduced. Also in tropical Asia and America.
Distribution
SOUTH AFRICA without locality, Villette! Thunberg!
Notes
The specimen in Thunberg's herbarium is named “ Convolvulus solanifolia .”

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