Lettsomia rubens (Choisy) C.B.Clarke

First published in J.D.Hooker, Fl. Brit. India 4: 195 (1883)
This name is a synonym of Ipomoea rubens

Publications

POWO follows these authorities in synonymising this name:

  • Deroin, T. (2001). Convolvulaceae. Flore de Madagascar et des Comores (Plantes Vasculaires) 171: 11-287. Typographie Firmin-Didot et Cie., Paris. [Cited as Ipomoea rubens.]
  • Khan, M.S. (1985). Fl. Bangladesh Convolvulaceae. Flora of Bangladesh 30: 1-59. Bangladesh National Herbarium, Dhaka. [Cited as Ipomoea rubens.]
  • Verdcourt, B. (1958). Some notes on tropical African Convolvulaceae. Webbia; Raccolta de Scritti Botanici 13: 321-329. [Cited as Ipomoea rubens.]

This name was accepted following an alternative taxonomy by these authorities:

  • Clarke, C.B. in Hooker, J.D. (1883). Fl. Br. India Convolvulaceae. Flora of British India 4: 179-228 + 734. [Cited as Lettsomia rubens.]
  • Clarke, C.B. in Kanjilal, U.N., A. Das, P.C. Kanjilal, & R.E. De (eds.) (1939). Fl. Assam Convolvulaceae. Flora of Assam 3: 338-362+538. Govt. of Assam. [Cited as Lettsomia rubens.]

Other Data

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Sources

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
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