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Ipomoea kotschyana

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Identification
Ipomoea kotschyana Choisy [family CONVOLVULACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Not on sheet,
Related name
  • Ipomoea commatophylla
  • Ipomoea tchadica
  • Convolvulus commatophyllus
  • Ipomoea laciniata
  • Ipomoea polymorpha
  • Ipomoea kotschyana

Flora

Entry for IPOMOEA kotschyana Hochst. ex Choisy [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
IPOMOEA kotschyana Hochst. ex Choisy [family CONVOLVULACEAE], (1845).
Information
Annual or short-lived perennial herb; stems prostrate, 10–60 cm long, densely pilose when young. Upper leaves lanceolate, entire or with 2 basal lobes; lower leaves pinnately 3–13-lobed with linear lobes, 5–30 x 1–3 mm, sometimes sparsely toothed, sparsely pilose; petiole 2–20 mm long. Flowers solitary; pedicels up to 3 mm long; bracts linear-lanceolate, 7–9 mm long. Outer sepals ovate, 4–7 mm long, often 3-lobed, pilose; inner lobes elliptic, much shorter. Corolla pink with dark centre, very narrowly tubular, c. 11 mm long, opening in the evening. Capsule globose, glabrous, c. 5 mm in diam., 6-valved. Seeds c. 2 mm long, pale brown with dark spots and patches of hairs.
Range
C2; S1, 2
Altitude range
10–310 m.
Distribution
SOMALIA Kuchar 15468; Friis, Vollesen & Abdisalam Hassan 4874; Thulin & Abdi Dahir 6446.
Distribution (external)
Socotra
Eritrea
Ethiopia
Sudan
Mali
Kenya
Tanzania

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