Convolvulaceae
Ipomoea

Ipomoea milnei Verdc.

First published in Hooker's Icon. Pl. 36: t. 3557 (1956)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Angola to Zambia. It is a subshrub and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Descriptions

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

Morphology General Habit
Perennial herb.
Morphology Stem
Stems generally few branched, prostrate, very slender 10–120 cm. long, obscurely striate, radiating, more or less pubescent.
Morphology Leaves
Leaf-lamina narrowly linear, 10–70 × 0·5–0·8 mm., more or less sessile and erect, obtuse at the apex, cuneate at the base, glabrous or more or less pubescent mainly on the central nerve.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers
Flowers axillary, solitary, buds with apical hair tufts; peduncle 2–25 mm. long, pedicels 4–11 mm. long; bracts linear up to 8 mm. long.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Calyx
Sepals lanceolate or ovate-lanceolate, narrowly and long acuminate, 8–10 mm. long, glabrous or more or less pubescent, the inner ones with hyaline edges.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Corolla
Corolla funnel-shaped, with cylindric tube, pale mauve, deeper inside throat, rarely reported to be primrose yellow, up to 2–6 cm. long.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
Capsule globose, glabrous.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Seeds
Seeds greyish, very shortly puberulous.
[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: low confidence
[AERP]

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
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    • 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