Convolvulaceae

Hildebrandtia Vatke

First published in Sitzungsber. Ges. Naturf. Freunde Berlin 1876: 7 (1876)

This genus is accepted

The native range of this genus is NE. & E. Tropical Africa, Arabian Peninsula, Madagascar.

M. Thulin et al. Flora of Somalia, Vol. 1-4 [updated 2008] https://plants.jstor.org/collection/FLOS

Morphology General Habit: Shrubs or shrublets, dioecious
Morphology Leaves: Leaves solitary or clustered on short shoots
Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences: Flowers solitary or 2–4 together
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers: Female flowers pedicellate; sepals 4–5, unequal, the 2 or 3 outer ones larger than the 2 inner; corolla as in male flowers; ovary 2-celled with 2 ovules in each cell; styles 2, shorter than in male flowers, each with branched stigma; staminodes 4–5, 2 longer than the others Male flowers subsessile to pedicellate; sepals 4–5, subequal or unequal, usually 2 outer ones slightly larger than the others; corolla whitish, cream or greenish yellow, tubular, 4–5-lobed; stamens 4–5, 2 longer than the others; pistillode with 2 styles, each with a branched stigma
Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits Fruiting calyx: Fruiting calyx with 2 or 3 outer segments enlarged, sometimes fused, adnate for 1–10 mm to the pedicel
Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits: Capsule ovoid to globose, 4-valved, glabrous, 1–4-seeded
Morphology Reproductive morphology Seeds: Seeds trigonous-ovoid, finely reticulate.
Distribution: Genus of about 11 species, eight in tropical Africa and Arabia and two in Madagascar.

[FSOM]

Convolvulaceae, B. Verdcourt (East African Herbarium). Flora of Tropical East Africa. 1963

Morphology General Habit: Branched xerophytic shrubs with small alternate or fascicled leaves
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers: Flowers dioecious, 4–5(–6)-merous, axillary
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Calyx: Sepals subequal in the ♂ flowers but in the ♀ flowers the outer 2–3 are larger and accrescent or if all sepals are accrescent then the outer ones are much larger
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Corolla: Corolla small, funnel-shaped, several times longer than the calyx in ♂ flowers but only very slightly longer in ♀ flowers, 4–5-lobed
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Androecium Stamens Anthers: Anthers present but infertile in ♀ flowers
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Gynoecium Ovary: Ovary glabrous, 2-locular, 4-ovuled, present but sterile in ♂ flowers
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Gynoecium Pistil: Styles 2; stigmas filiform, complicate, U-shaped with short lobes at intervals
Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits: Capsule 2-locular, 4-valved, 1–4-seeded, enveloped in the membranous veined accrescent sepals
Morphology Reproductive morphology Seeds: Seeds trigonous, glabrous.

[FTEA]

Flora of Somalia
- Flora of Somalia
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Flora of Tropical East Africa
- Flora of Tropical East Africa
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Kew Backbone Distributions
- The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2026. 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 2026. 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

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