Convolvulaceae
Ipomoea

Ipomoea argentaurata Hallier f.

First published in Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 18: 132 (1893)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is W. Tropical Africa to Chad. It is a climber and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Descriptions

Convolvulaceae, H. Heine. Flora of West Tropical Africa 2. 1963

Morphology General Habit
Stems prostrate or ascending from a woody base, whitish-tomentose and with spreading yellow hairs
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers
Flowers whitish turning light purplish with darker centre, 2 in. long and as much across the limb.
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Sources

  • Flora of West Tropical Africa

    • Flora of West Tropical Africa
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  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

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

  • 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