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7003.000 Ipomoea
Gonçalves, M.L. (1987) Convolvulaceae Flora Zambesiaca 8(1)
Description of the genus
Annual, biennial or perennial herbs, sometimes shrub-like or woody. Stems usually twining or prostrate, sometimes erect. Pseudostipules sometimes present. Leaves variable. Flowers axillary, solitary or in few-many-flowered cymes, sometimes in pseudoheads or enclosed in an involucre. Peduncles and pedicels usually present. Corolla usually actinomorphic, only slightly lobed. Sepals 5, usually unequal. Stamens 5, usually unequal, inserted near base of corolla tube. Ovary 2-3-4- or rarely 5-locular; style filiform. Stigmas 2, spherical. Capsule spherical to ovoid, dehiscent and 3-10-valved. Seeds usually 4, glabrous, pubescent or long-hairy. Derivation of name: from Greek: ips meaning worm, homios meaning resembling, referring to the twining habitat Worldwide: c.650 species in tropical and warm temperate zones Mozambique: 62 taxa. The larvae of the following species of insect eat species of this genus:
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| Species | FZ divisions | Content |
| alba L. | MS,M | Description, Image |
| albivenia (Lindl.) Sweet | Z,MS,GI,M | Description, Image |
| aquatica Forssk. | Z,T,MS,GI | Description, Image |
| asarifolia (Desr.) Roem. & Schult. | T | Description, Image |
| barteri Baker var. barteri | N,T | Description, Image |
| batatas (L.) Lam. | MS,M | Description, Image |
| blepharophylla Hallier f. | T | Description, Image |
| bolusiana Schinz | Z,T,GI,M | Description, Image |
| cairica (L.) Sweet var. cairica | Z,T,MS,GI,M | Description, Image |
| carnea Jacq. subsp. carnea | GI | Image |
| consimilis Schulze-Menz | MS | |
| coptica (L.) Roth ex Roem. & Schult. var. coptica | N,T,MS,GI,M | Description, Image |
| coscinosperma Hochst. ex Choisy | GI,M | Description, Image |
| crassipes Hook. var. crassipes | N,Z,T,GI,M | Description, Image |
| dichroa Hochst. ex Choisy | T,MS,GI | Description, Image |
| ephemera Verdc.[End] | N,Z | |
| eriocarpa R. Br. | N,Z,T,MS | Description, Image |
| ficifolia Lindl. | GI,M | |
| fulvicaulis (Hochst. ex Choisy) Boiss. ex Hallier f. var. fulvicaulis | N | Description, Image |
| fulvicaulis (Hochst. ex Choisy) Boiss. ex Hallier f. var. asperifolia (Hallier f.) Verdc. | MS | Description, Image |
| fulvicaulis (Hochst. ex Choisy) Boiss. ex Hallier f. var. heterocalyx (Schulze-Menz) Verdc. | M | Description, Image |
| hederifolia L. | N,MS | Description, Image |
| hochstetteri House | ||
| involucrata P. Beauv. var. involucrata | N,T,MS | Description, Image |
| involucrata P. Beauv. var. operosa (C.H. Wright) Hallier f. | N,Z | |
| kotschyana Hochst. ex Choisy | MS | |
| lapathifolia Hallier f. var. lapathifolia | N,Z,MS,M | |
| leucanthemum (Klotzsch) Hallier f. | T,GI | Description, Image |
| linosepala Hallier f. subsp. alpina (Rendle) Lejoly & Lisowski | T | Description, Image |
| magnusiana Schinz | N,GI,M | Description, Image |
| marginata (Desr.) Verdc. | N | |
| mauritiana Jacq. | Z,T,MS,GI,M | Description, Image |
| obscura (L.) Ker Gawl. var. obscura | N,T,MS,GI,M | Description, Image |
| ochracea (Lindl.) Sweet var. ochracea | N,MS | |
| ommaneyi Rendle | N | |
| papilio Hallier f. | T | Description, Image |
| parasitica (Kunth) G. Don | N | Description, Image |
| pes-caprae (L.) R. Br. subsp. brasiliensis (L.) van Ooststr. | N,Z,MS,GI,M | Image |
| pes-tigridis L. var. pes-tigridis | N,Z,T,MS,GI,M | Description, Image |
| pileata Roxb. | N,Z,T,MS,GI | Description, Image |
| plebeia R. Br. subsp. africana A. Meeuse | T,GI,M | Description, Image |
| purpurea (L.) Roth | T | Description, Image |
| rubens Choisy | Z,T | Description, Image |
| shirambensis Baker | N,ZI,M,T,MS,G | Description, Image |
| shupangensis Baker | N,MS,GI | Description, Image |
| simonsiana Rendle | T,MS | Description, Image |
| sinensis (Desr.) Choisy subsp. blepharosepala (Hochst. ex A. Rich.)Verdc. | T,GI,M | Description, Image |
| sinensis (Desr.) Choisy subsp. sinensis | N,T,MS,GI,M | Description, Image |
| stolonifera (Cyrillo) J.F. Gmel. | MS | |
| tenuipes Verdc. | T,GI,M | |
| tenuirostris Steud. ex Choisy subsp. tenuirostris | Z,T,MS | Description, Image |
| ticcopa Verdc. | MS | |
| tricolor Cav. | Description | |
| trinervia Schulze-Menz | N,MS | |
| tuberculata Ker Gawl. var. tuberculata | T | Description, Image |
| turbinata Lag. | T | |
| venosa (Desr.) Roem. & Schult. subsp. stellaris (Baker) Verdc. var. obtusifolia Verdc.[End] | N,GI | |
| verbascoidea Choisy | T,MS | Description, Image |
| vernalis R.E. Fr. | GI | |
| violacea L. | N | |
| welwitschii Vatke ex Hallier f. | T | Description, Image |
| wightii (Wall.) Choisy var. wightii | N,Z,T,MS,M | Description, Image |
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Flora of Mozambique: cultivated Ipomoea
Flora of Zambia: Ipomoea
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Flora of Zimbabwe: Ipomoea
Flora of Zimbabwe: cultivated Ipomoea
External websites:
African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): IpomoeaBHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Ipomoea
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Ipomoea
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iNaturalist: Ipomoea
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Ipomoea
JSTOR Plant Science: Ipomoea
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Ipomoea
Plants of the World Online: Ipomoea
Tropicos: Ipomoea
Wikipedia: Ipomoea
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