IPOMŒA ficifolia Lindl. [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
IPOMŒA ficifolia Lindl. [family ], in Bot. Reg. 1840, Misc. 90; 1841, t. 13;—Hallier f. in Engl. Jahrb. xviii. 135, xxviii. 35.
IPOMŒA holosericea E. Meyer [family ], in Drège, Zwei Pflanzengeogr. Documente, 132, 195, name only; Choisy in DC. Prod. ix. 364.
IPOMŒA vitifolia E. Meyer [family ], l.c. 158, not of Sweet nor Lam.
IPOMŒA angulata E. Meyer [family ], l.c. 134, 195.
IPOMŒA arachnoidea Choisy [family ], l.c., partly, not of Bojer.
IPOMŒA Aitoni Choisy [family ], l.c. 363, not of Lindl.
Convolvulus trilobus Thunb. [family CONVOLVULACEAE], Prodr. 35; Fl. Cap. ed. Schult. 169; Choisy in DC. Prod. ix. 415.
Information
root tuberous; stem climbing, slightly shrubby, sparsely pilose; leaves 3-lobed, 1 1/2–2 in. long and broad, terminal lobe acute or acuminate, lateral rounded, base cordate, upper surface with numerous scattered adpressed hairs, lower densely white cobwebby when young, less so when mature; petiole pilose; peduncle 3–5- (rarely 1-) flowered; pedicels very short; bracts linear-lanceolate, like the sepals densely hirsute; sepals lanceolate, acuminate, about 6 lin. long, uniform; corolla rich purple (Lindley), pink (Wood), broadly funnel-shaped, 1 1/2–2 in. long, glabrous; capsule globose, membranous, 2-celled, glabrous with seeds bearing a tuft of cottony hairs on one side, or pilose with glabrous seeds. null
Distribution
COAST REGION Humansdorp Div.; near Zeekoe River, Thunberg! Uitenhage Div.; Addo, 1000–2000 ft., Drège! between Enon and the Zuurberg Range, Drège! Klein Winterhoek Mountains, below 1000 ft., Drège! in woods near Zwartkops River, Zeyher, 90! Bathurst Div.; near the mouth of the Fish River, Burchell, 3727! sand-dunes near Kowie River, MacOwan, 407! Albany Div., Cooper, 2773! King Williamstown Div.; Keiskamma, Mrs. Hutton!EASTERN REGION Pondoland; near Port St. John, Galpin, 2834! between Umtentu River and Umzimkulu River, Drège! Natal; Umlazi River Heights, Drège! near Durban, Wood, 494! 3091! Nonoti, Gerrard, 1328! Inanda, Wood, 87! and without precise locality, Grant! Cooper, 2416! Gerrard, 402!
IPOMŒA ficifolia Lindl. [family ]
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