Jacquemontia sphaerostigma Rusby

Species

Angiosperms > Solanales > Convolvulaceae > Jacquemontia

Characteristics

Vines; stems herbaceous, sprawling or twining, pubescent. Leaves ovate-lanceolate, 1-3 cm long and 0.5-1 cm wide, basally rounded to obtuse, apically acute to attenuate, stellate-pubescent. Inflorescences axillary umbellate cymes, 2-6 flowers per inflorescence, pubescent. Flowers with the sepals attenuate-ellip-tic to lanceolate, 4-7 mm long and 1-2 mm wide, mostly attenuate, pubescent; corollas blue, 0.4-1 cm long, interplicae glabrous; stamens unequal, the filaments basally glabrous. Fruits capsular, globose, 3-4 mm in diameter, light brown, glabrous; seeds red-brown, 2 mm long, glabrous.
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Hardiness (USDA) 9-12

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Distribution

Jacquemontia sphaerostigma world distribution map, present in Argentina, Belize, Bolivia (Plurinational State of), Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, Haiti, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Peru, El Salvador, and Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:131184-2
WFO ID wfo-0001297300
COL ID 3QJW6
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Synonyms

Jacquemontia laxiflora o'donell Ipomoea nevisiensis Ipomoea sphaerostigma Convolvulus aureus Jacquemontia hirsuta Convolvulus nevisiensis Jacquemontia sphaerostigma Jacquemontia viscidulosa Jacquemontia agricola Jacquemontia apocynoides Convolvulus sphaerostigma Convolvulus apocynoides Jacquemontia hirsuta f. racemosa Jacquemontia evolvuloides var. brevipedunculata Jacquemontia hirsuta var. adenotricha Jacquemontia hirsuta var. pohlii Jacquemontia hirsuta var. trichodonta Convolvulus sphaerostigma var. depauperatus