Ipomoea ticcopa Verdc.

Species

Angiosperms > Solanales > Convolvulaceae > Ipomoea

Characteristics

Very similar to the last species in habit and foliage.. Leaf-blade small, orbicular in outline, palmately 5-lobed to the base with the basal lobes usually again bilobed, about 2.5–3.5 cm. in diameter; lobes obovate, up to 2.5 cm. long and 2.2 cm. wide, rounded in outline at the apex, strongly cuneate at the base, sharply toothed; petiole 0.5–2.5 cm. long.. Peduncle 1.5–2 cm. long, often conspicuously winged, 1–2-flowered; bracts leafy, up to 2.0 cm. long, with 3 pinnatifid lobes; pedicels 5–7 mm. long.. Sepals elliptic, 6–7 mm. long, 3–3.5 mm. wide, obtuse, the outer cuspidate, smooth, tuberculate or cristate.. Corolla white; tube narrowly cylindric, 1.7–2.1 cm. long, 1.5–2 mm. in diameter; limb funnel-shaped, 9 mm. long, 13 mm. wide.. Capsule globose, 6–7 mm. in diameter, 6-valved.. Seeds 6, trigonous, about 3 mm. long, pubescent, brown.
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Leaf lamina circular in outline, palmately 5-lobed to the base, about 2·5 × 3·5 cm. in diam., lobes obovate, up to 2·5 × 2·2 cm., rounded in outline at the apex (much rounder than the last species), strongly cuneate at the base, sharply toothed, basal ones usually again bilobed; petiole 0·5–2·5 cm. pseudo-stipules present, resembling leaves, but much smaller.
Inflorescences 1–2-flowered; peduncle 1·5–2 cm. long, often conspicuously winged; pedicels 5–7 mm. long; bracts leafy, up to 2·0 cm. long, with 3 pinnatifid lobes.
Very similar to Ipomoea coptica (L.) Roth ex Roem. & Schult. in habit and foliage, probably directly derived from that.
Sepals elliptic, 6–7 mm. long, obtuse, the outer cuspidate, smooth, tuberculate or cristate.
Corolla salver-shaped, white; tube narrowly cylindric 1·7–2·1 cm. long; limb 9 × 13 mm.
Seeds 6, trigonous, pubescent, brown.
Capsule globose, 3-locular.
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Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

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Distribution

Ipomoea ticcopa world distribution map, present in Kenya, Mozambique, and Tanzania, United Republic of

Conservation status

Ipomoea ticcopa threat status: Endangered

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:269946-1
WFO ID wfo-0001298755
COL ID 3PX6B
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Synonyms

Ipomoea ticcopa