Convolvulaceae
Ipomoea

Ipomoea tenuipes Verdc.

First published in Kew Bull. 15: 12 (1961)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Eritrea to S. Africa, India to Myanmar. It is a climbing annual and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Descriptions

Convolvulaceae, B. Verdcourt (East African Herbarium). Flora of Tropical East Africa. 1963

Morphology General Habit
Glabrous herb, probably perennial; stems slender, twining.
Morphology Leaves
Leaf-blade orbicular in outline, palmately divided to the base, up to 5 cm. in diameter, often much less; lobes 5, elliptic, obtuse and apiculate, the outer ones often bilobed, 2.6–4 cm. long, about 1 cm. wide; petiole 4.5 cm. long; pseudo-stipules present.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers
Flowers axillary, solitary or in 2–3-flowered inflorescences; peduncle 4.5 cm. long; pedicels slender 1.7 cm. long.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Calyx
Sepals elliptic or almost orbicular, 2–5 mm. long, 1.3–2.5 mm. wide, obtuse but mucronulate, often tuberculate.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Corolla
Corolla rose-purple or dark mauve, funnel-shaped, 8–17 mm. long.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
Capsule globose, 8 mm. in diameter.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Seeds
Seeds brown, subglobose, 4–5.5 mm. long, velvety-pubescent, the edges with long white cottony hairs 5–10 mm. long.
Habitat
Bushland on seasonally moist ground; 1000–1200 m.
Distribution
also in India and possibly West Indies T1 T2 T5
[FTEA]

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]

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

Morphology General Habit
Annual or perennial glabrous herb.
Morphology Stem
Stems very slender, twining or sometimes prostrate.
Morphology Leaves
Leaf-lamina circular in outline, palmately divided to the base, up to 5 cm. in diam., often much less; lobes elliptic to lanceolate 2·6–4 × 1 cm. usually obtuse and apiculate at the apex and narrowed and subpetiolued at the base, the outer ones often 2-lobed; petiole 4–5 cm. long; pseudostipules present resembling the leaves but much smaller.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers
Flowers axillary, solitary or in 2–3-flowered inflorescences; peduncle 4–5 cm. long, very slender, almost filiform; pedicels slender but thicker than the peduncle, more or less 1·7 cm. long, somewhat subclavate; bracteoles minute.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Calyx
Sepals elliptic or almost orbicular, 3–5 mm. long, subequal with membranous edges, usually obtuse but mucronulate, often muriculate.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Corolla
Corolla funnel-shaped, rose-purple or dark mauve, 8–17 mm. long.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
Capsule globose, glabrous.
Morphology Reproductive morphology Seeds
Seeds subglobose, brown, velvety-pubescent, with 5–10 mm. long white cottony hairs at the edges.
[FZ]

Sources

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  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

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