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Ipomoea hackeliana [family CONVOLVULACEAE]

Date Updated: 19 August 2007

Herbarium
South African National Biodiversity Institute, Compton Herbarium, Cape Town (SAM)
Collection
Flora of Southern Africa
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora of South Africa, (2003) Author: Dr J.P. Roux
Names
Ipomoea hackeliana [family CONVOLVULACEAE]
Common names
Aniseia hackeliana Schinz: 274 (1888).
Information
Annual herb. Stems several, prostrate, up to ± 1 m long, glabrescent. Leaves secund, ovate-cordate, 10-45 x 7-35 mm, apex acute to rounded, margin crenate to crenate-dentate, crisped, sparsely pilose on both surfaces, pellu-cidly glandular when seen in transmitted light when dry; basal sinus wide and shallow, blade cuneately decurrent into 4-28 mm long, pilose petiole. Flowers solitary or in few-flowered fas­cicles; bracteoles ± 3 mm long; pedicel hairy, up to 20 mm long. Sepals unequal, hairy, ± 10 mm long, green suffused with purplish red; three outer ones ovate from cordate base; two inner ones lanceolate; all accrescent, becoming papyraceous with distinct veins, up to 15 mm long. Corolla funnel-shaped, pale mauvish pink with darker centre or occasionally white, 12-14 mm long. Capsule subglobose, densely pilose with long white hairs, 6-8 mm in diameter. Seeds black, hairy, 3.5 mm long. Flowering time January to April. Figure 14.
Habitat
Distinguished by its ovate-cordate leaves with crisped margins (when dry pellucidly glan­dular when seen in transmitted light), ovate-cor­date outer sepals with crisped margins and 12-14 mm long, mauve corolla.
Use
6. Ipomoea hackeliana (Schinz) Hallierf. in Botanische Jahrbucher 18: 126 (1893a); Baker & Rendle: 146 (1905-06); A.Meeuse: 726 (1957a); Roessler: 14 (1967a); Gone.: 65 (1987); Lejoly & Lisowski: 68 (1992); Retief & P.P.J.Herman: 384 (1997). Type: Namibia, Ovamboland, Olukonda, Schinz 749 (Z, holo.; BOL!, GRA!).
Range
Found in southern Zimbabwe, northern Namibia, Botswana and also in the Northern Province and Northern Cape in South Africa. Grows in open woodland, savanna and along roadsides, often on sandy soil. Map 42.

Date Updated: 19 August 2007

Herbarium
South African National Biodiversity Institute, Compton Herbarium, Cape Town (SAM)
Collection
Flora of Southern Africa
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora of South Africa, (2003) Author: Dr J.P. Roux
Names
Ipomoea hackeliana [family CONVOLVULACEAE]
Common names
Aniseia hackeliana Schinz: 274 (1888).
Information
Annual herb. Stems several, prostrate, up to ± 1 m long, glabrescent. Leaves secund, ovate-cordate, 10-45 x 7-35 mm, apex acute to rounded, margin crenate to crenate-dentate, crisped, sparsely pilose on both surfaces, pellu-cidly glandular when seen in transmitted light when dry; basal sinus wide and shallow, blade cuneately decurrent into 4-28 mm long, pilose petiole. Flowers solitary or in few-flowered fas­cicles; bracteoles ± 3 mm long; pedicel hairy, up to 20 mm long. Sepals unequal, hairy, ± 10 mm long, green suffused with purplish red; three outer ones ovate from cordate base; two inner ones lanceolate; all accrescent, becoming papyraceous with distinct veins, up to 15 mm long. Corolla funnel-shaped, pale mauvish pink with darker centre or occasionally white, 12-14 mm long. Capsule subglobose, densely pilose with long white hairs, 6-8 mm in diameter. Seeds black, hairy, 3.5 mm long. Flowering time January to April. Figure 14.
Habitat
Distinguished by its ovate-cordate leaves with crisped margins (when dry pellucidly glan­dular when seen in transmitted light), ovate-cor­date outer sepals with crisped margins and 12-14 mm long, mauve corolla.
Use
6. Ipomoea hackeliana (Schinz) Hallierf. in Botanische Jahrbucher 18: 126 (1893a); Baker & Rendle: 146 (1905-06); A.Meeuse: 726 (1957a); Roessler: 14 (1967a); Gone.: 65 (1987); Lejoly & Lisowski: 68 (1992); Retief & P.P.J.Herman: 384 (1997). Type: Namibia, Ovamboland, Olukonda, Schinz 749 (Z, holo.; BOL!, GRA!).
Range
Found in southern Zimbabwe, northern Namibia, Botswana and also in the Northern Province and Northern Cape in South Africa. Grows in open woodland, savanna and along roadsides, often on sandy soil. Map 42.
Ipomoea hackeliana [family CONVOLVULACEAE]
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