Convolvulaceae
Ipomoea

Ipomoea gracilisepala Rendle

First published in J. Bot. 39: 12 (1901)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Zimbabwe to Free State. It is an annual and grows primarily in the subtropical biome.

Descriptions

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

Morphology General Habit
Procumbent or trailing herb.
Morphology Stem
Stems several from the base, up to 1·10 m. long, subterete, at first densely, later finely and shortly pubescent.
Morphology Leaves
Leaf lamina oblong or lanceolate-oblong to lanceolate, 2–7 × 0·5–1 cm., usually hastate-truncate or auricled at the base, sometimes some lanceolate from a narrow base or all lanceolate, obtuse, minutely mucronate at the apex, entire to subrepand, hairy or glabrescent; petiole 5–10 mm. long, glabrescent; inflorescences axillary 1–2 flowered; peduncle absent or very short, thinly hairy with rather long hairs as are bracteoles, pedicels and sepals; bracteoles linear-lanceolate, 3–6 mm. long, obtuse or subacute; pedicels up to 10 mm. in fruit.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Calyx
Sepals subequal, lanceolate to linear, acuminate, 7–15 × 1–2 mm., spreading in fruit.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Corolla
Corolla narrowly funnel-shaped, mauve or white, 12–15 mm. long; midpetaline areas hairy towards the tips.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
Capsule globose, hirsute.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Seeds
Seeds brown with a villous tomentum of appressed stiff hairs.
[FZ]

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]

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
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  • Flora Zambesiaca

    • Flora Zambesiaca
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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