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Ipomoea venosa Roem. & Schult.

Species

Angiosperms > Solanales > Convolvulaceae > Ipomoea

Characteristics

Glabrous perennial; stems twining, smooth.. Leaves compound, divided into 5 leaflets; leaflets narrowly elliptic, 7–8.5 cm. long and 1.5–2.4 cm. wide, acuminate and apiculate; petiolules 0.5–1.2 cm. long; petiole 4–5 cm. long.. Peduncle 10–11 cm. long, many-flowered; pedicels about 1 cm. long.. Sepals ovate, 7–7.5 mm. long, 4.2–8 mm. wide, acute and apiculate, the outer ones shorter.. Corolla purple, violet or white, funnel-shaped, 4.5–7.5 cm. long.
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Leaf-lamina circular in outline, compound divided into 5–7 leaflets or palmately 5–9-lobed to the base, 5–17 cm. long and wide; leaflets narrowly lanceolate 7–8·5 × 1–2·4 cm., acuminate and apiculate or obovate-elliptic, 3×1·4–1·6 cm., cuneate at the base and emarginate at the apex; lobes narrow lanceolate 5–8 × 0·1–0·5 cm.; outer lobes often bifid; petiole 1·5–5 cm. long; petiolules 0·2–1·0 cm. long.
Capsule of subsp. stellaris (Baker) Verdc. var. obtusifolia Verdc. globose, glabrous, coriaceous and seeds trigonous, greyish, shortly pubescent, otherwise unknown.
Inflorescences many-flowered cymes; peduncle 1–7·5 cm. long; pedicels short, up to 1·5 cm. long; bracts lanceolate up to 6 mm. long.
Corolla funnel-shaped, purple, violet or white, 4–7·5 cm. long.
Sepals ovate, 6–7·5 mm. long, acute.
Stems twining or prostrate, smooth.
Glabrous perennial herb.
Life form perennial
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Conservation status

Ipomoea venosa threat status: Least Concern

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:270033-1
WFO ID wfo-0001298753
COL ID 3PX98
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID 706423
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Synonyms

Amphione venosa Batatas venosa Ipomoea hornei Ipomoea venosa Convolvulus venosus

Lower taxons

Ipomoea venosa subsp. stellaris Ipomoea venosa var. petiolulata
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