Convolvulus heptaphyllus Rottler

First published in Ges. Naturf. Freunde Berlin Neue Schriften 4: 196 (1803)
This name is a synonym of Ipomoea tenuipes

Publications

POWO follows these authorities in synonymising this name:

  • Austin, D.F. & Bianchini, R.S. (1998). Additions and corrections in American Ipomoea (Convolvulaceae). Taxon 47: 833-838. [Cited as Ipomoea cairica.]
  • Clarke, C.B. in Hooker, J.D. (1883). Fl. Br. India Convolvulaceae. Flora of British India 4: 179-228 + 734. [Cited as Ipomoea palmata Forssk..]
  • Gonçalves, M.L. (1987). Convolvulaceae. Flora Zambesiaca 8(1): 9-129. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. [Cited as Ipomoea tenuipes, p.p..]
  • Govaerts, R. (1999). World Checklist of Seed Plants 3(1, 2a & 2b): 1-1532. MIM, Deurne. [Cited as Ipomoea palmata.]
  • Leon, H. & Alain, H. in Leon, H. (1957). Convolvulaceae. Flora de Cuba 4: 218-248. Cultural S. A., La Habana. [Cited as Ipomoea heptaphylla (Rottl. & Willd.) Voight.]
  • Meeuse, A.D.J. & W.G. Welman (2000). Convolvulaceae. Flora of Southern Africa 28: 1-138. Botanical Research Institute, Department of Agriculture. [Cited as Ipomoea tenuipes.]
  • Sa'ad, F. (1967). The Convolvulus species of the Canary Islands, the Mediterranean region and the Near and Middle East. Mededelingen van het Botanisch Museum en Herbarium van de Rijksuniversiteit te Utrecht 281: 1-288. [Cited as Ipomoea palmata.]
  • Verdcourt, B. (1961). Notes from the East African Herbarium: XII. Notes on African Convolvulaceae: V. Kew Bulletin 15: 1-18. [Cited as Ipomoea cairica var indica "probably".]
  • Verdcourt, B. (1963). Convolvulaceae. Flora of Tropical East Africa: 1-161. [Cited as Ipomoea tenuipes Verdc..]
  • Wood, J.R.I., Muñoz-Rodríguez P., Williams, B.R.M., Scotland, R.W. (2020). A foundation monograph of Ipomoea (Convolvulaceae) in the New World. PhytoKeys 143: 1-823. [Cited as Ipomoea cairica.]

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Sources

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2025. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
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