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Convolvulus venosus

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Identification
Ipomoea venosa (Vahl) Roemer et J.A. Schultes [family CONVOLVULACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Not on Sheet, Convolvulus venosus Vahl [family CONVOLVULACEAE ] Verified by Not on Sheet,
Related name
  • Ipomoea venosa
  • Convolvulus venosus
  • Convolvulus fruticulosus
  • convolvulus venosus
  • Ipomoea heptaphylla
  • Convolvulus heptaphyllus
  • Ipomoea cairica
  • ipomoea venosa

Flora

Entry for Ipomoea venosa (Desr.) Roem. & Schultes [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 venosa (Desr.) Roem. & Schultes [family CONVOLVULACEAE], Syst. 4 : 212 (1819). Type : Mascarene Is., Réunion, Commerson (P, holo.!, C, iso.!)
Convolvulus venosus Desr. [family CONVOLVULACEAE], in Lam., Encycl. 3 : 566 (1791); Vahl, Symb. 3 : 32 (1794)
Ipomoea hornei Bak. [family CONVOLVULACEAE], Fl. Maurit. Seych. : 207 (1877). Type : Seychelles, Mahé, Horne 530 (K, holo.!)
Ipomoea petiolulata Schulze-Menz [family CONVOLVULACEAE], in N.B.G.B. 14 : 111 (1938). Type : Tanganyika, Lindi District, Mwera [Rondo] Plateau, Schlieben 6054 (B, holo. †, BM, BR, G, P, iso.!)
Information
Glabrous perennial; stems twining, smooth. Leaves compound, divided into 5 leaflets; leaflets narrowly elliptic, 7–8.5 cm. long and 1.5–2.4 cm. wide, acuminate and apiculate; petiolules 0.5–1.2 cm. long; petiole 4–5 cm. long. Peduncle 10–11 cm. long, many-flowered; pedicels about 1 cm. long. Sepals ovate, 7–7.5 mm. long, 4.2–8 mm. wide, acute and apiculate, the outer ones shorter. Corolla purple, violet or white, funnel-shaped, 4.5–7.5 cm. long.
Range
DISTR. T6, 8
Altitude range
450–1000 m.
Distribution
TANGANYIKA Uzaramo District Pugu Forest Reserve, June 1954, Semsei 1779 ! ;TANGANYIKA Lindi District Mwera [Rondo] Plateau, 55 km. W. of Lindi, 23 Feb. 1935, Schlieben 6054!
Distribution (external)
; Mascarene Is
Madagascar
the Seychelles
Notes
I have not seen enough of the plant from either the mainland or the Mascarene Is. in order to investigate possible subspecific distinctions.

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