Convolvulaceae
Jacquemontia

Jacquemontia lorentzii (Kuntze) Peter ex O'Donell

First published in Lilloa 30: 15 (1960)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Central & S. Bolivia to NW. Argentina. It is a climbing subshrub and grows primarily in the subtropical biome.

Descriptions

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: not threatened. Confidence: confident
[AERP]

Wood, J.R.I., Clegg, R. Jacquemontia (Convolvulaceae) in Bolivia and Peru. Kew Bull 76, 375–420 (2021). DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s12225-021-09936-5

Morphology General Habit
Vigorous twining herb
Morphology Leaves
Leaves ovate, cordate, mucronate, puberulent
Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences
Inflorescence pedunculate, lax, puberulent; bracteoles 2 – 3 mm, filiform, fugacious; sepals puberulent, ovate-rhomboid, acute to shortly acuminate, strikingly accrescent, 3 – 4 × 2 – 3 mm at anthesis, accrescent to 6 × 5 mm in fruit; corolla 10 – 15 mm long, blue.
Distribution
Low to middle altitudes in the Andean foothills and inter-Andean valleys of central and southern Bolivia extending into neighbouring parts of Andean Argentina, 500 – 2300 m but rare above 1700 m, often in arid scrub and dry forest relics.
Conservation
This species should be considered Least Concern (LC) based on its extent of occurrence of 76,711.489 km2. It is quite frequent in suitable habitats and not threatened by deforestation or intensive agriculture.
[KBu]

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

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

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

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

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

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    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

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    • Kew Bulletin
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  • 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