Convolvulaceae
Ipomoea

Ipomoea ephemera Verdc.

First published in Kirkia 1: 30 (1961)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Mozambique. It is an annual and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Descriptions

Convolvulaceae, Maria Leonor Gonçalves. Flora Zambesiaca 8:1. 1987

Morphology General Habit
Prostrate-ascending or erect annual herb up to 1·5 m.
Morphology Stem
Stems not much branched, slender, stellate-pubescent.
Morphology Leaves
Leaf lamina linear to linear-oblong, 1·8–6 × 0·4–1&,middot;2 cm., cuneate to shortly cordate or hastate at the base, obtuse or subacute, minutely mucronate at the apex, stellate-pubescent on both surfaces; petiole up to 7 mm. long, stellate-pubescent.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers
Flowers axillary, solitary; bracts linear more or less 4 mm. long; pedicels 2·5 mm. long.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Calyx
Sepals subequal, ovate-lanceolate, up to 10 × 3 mm., membranous stellate-pubescent, ciliate at the margin.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Corolla
Corolla narrowly funnel-shaped, up to 3 cm. long, nearly glabrous; tube narrow, more or less 2 cm. long, purple; limb whitish.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Gynoecium Ovary
Ovary glabrous.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
Capsule globose, glabrous, apiculate by the style-base.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Seeds
Seeds black, appressed pubescent.
[FZ]

IUCN Red List of Threatened Species https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/149255632/153685829

Conservation
DD - data deficient
[IUCN]

Extinction risk predictions for the world's flowering plants to support their conservation (2024). Bachman, S.P., Brown, M.J.M., Leão, T.C.C., Lughadha, E.N., Walker, B.E. https://nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/nph.19592

Conservation
Predicted extinction risk: threatened. Confidence: confident
[AERP]

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0

  • Flora Zambesiaca

    • Flora Zambesiaca
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • IUCN Categories

    • IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0