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Gonçalves, M.L. (1987) Convolvulaceae Flora Zambesiaca 8(1)
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 Zimbabwe: 62 taxa. Insects associated with this genus:
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Species | FZ divisions | Content |
adenioides Schinz var. adenioides | N,W | Description, Image |
alba L. | C,E | Description, Image |
albivenia (Lindl.) Sweet | S | Description, Image |
aquatica Forssk. | N,W,E | Description, Image |
atherstonei Baker | C,E | |
barteri Baker var. barteri | N,C,E | Description, Image |
batatas (L.) Lam. | C | Description, Image |
blepharophylla Hallier f. | N,W,C,E,S | Description, Image |
bolusiana Schinz | N,W,C,E,S | Description, Image |
cairica (L.) Sweet var. cairica | N,W,C,E,S | Description, Image |
carnea Jacq. subsp. fistulosa (Mart. ex Choisy) D.F. Austin | N,W,C,E,S | Description, Image |
chloroneura Hallier f. | W | Description, Image |
coptica (L.) Roth ex Roem. & Schult. var. coptica | N,W,C,E,S | Description, Image |
coscinosperma Hochst. ex Choisy | W,C,E,S | Description, Image |
crassipes Hook. var. crassipes | N,W,C,E,S | Description, Image |
crepidiformis Hallier f. var. crepidiformis | N | |
crepidiformis Hallier f. var. minor Rendle | C | Description, Image |
dichroa Hochst. ex Choisy | N,W,C,S | Description, Image |
eriocarpa R. Br. | N,W,C,E | Description, Image |
fulvicaulis (Hochst. ex Choisy) Boiss. ex Hallier f. var. fulvicaulis | W,C,E,S | Description, Image |
fulvicaulis (Hochst. ex Choisy) Boiss. ex Hallier f. var. asperifolia (Hallier f.) Verdc. | N,C,E | Description, Image |
fulvicaulis (Hochst. ex Choisy) Boiss. ex Hallier f. var. heterocalyx (Schulze-Menz) Verdc. | N,W,C,E | Description, Image |
gracilisepala Rendle | W,C | Description, Image |
hackeliana (Schinz) Hallier f. | S | Description, Image |
hederifolia L. | W | Description, Image |
hochstetteri House | N,W,C,E,S | |
humidicola Verdc. | W | |
indica (Burm.) Merr. var. acuminata (Vahl) Fosberg | N,C,E | Description, Image |
involucrata P. Beauv. var. involucrata | N,E,S | Description, Image |
kituiensis Vatke var. kituiensis | N,W,C,E,S | |
lapathifolia Hallier f. var. lapathifolia | N,W,C,E | |
leucanthemum (Klotzsch) Hallier f. | N,W,S | Description, Image |
magnusiana Schinz | W,E,S | Description, Image |
marginata (Desr.) Verdc. | N,W,C,E,S | |
mauritiana Jacq. | N,W | Description, Image |
nil (L.) Roth | N,C,E | |
obscura (L.) Ker Gawl. var. obscura | N,W,C,E,S | Description, Image |
obscura (L.) Ker Gawl. var. sagittifolia Verdc. | W,C,S | Description |
ochracea (Lindl.) Sweet var. ochracea | N,C | |
oenotherae (Vatke) Hallier f. var. oenotherae | N,W,C | Description, Image |
ommaneyi Rendle | W,C,E | |
papilio Hallier f. | N,W,C,E,S | Description, Image |
pes-tigridis L. var. pes-tigridis | N,W,E,S | Description, Image |
pileata Roxb. | N,W,C,S | Description, Image |
plebeia R. Br. subsp. africana A. Meeuse | N,W,C,E,S | Description, Image |
purpurea (L.) Roth | N,W,C | Description, Image |
rubens Choisy | N,W | Description, Image |
shirambensis Baker | N,W,C,E,S | Description, Image |
shupangensis Baker | N,W | Description, Image |
simonsiana Rendle | N,W | Description, Image |
sinensis (Desr.) Choisy subsp. blepharosepala (Hochst. ex A. Rich.)Verdc. | N,W,C,E,S | Description, Image |
sinensis (Desr.) Choisy subsp. sinensis | N,W,S | Description, Image |
tenuipes Verdc. | N,W,C,S | |
tenuirostris Steud. ex Choisy subsp. tenuirostris | W,E | Description, Image |
transvaalensis A. Meeuse subsp. orientalis Verdc. | N | |
tricolor Cav. | W | Description |
tuberculata Ker Gawl. var. tuberculata | N,W,E,S | Description, Image |
turbinata Lag. | N,W | |
verbascoidea Choisy | N,W,C,E,S | Description, Image |
verrucisepala Verdc.[End][VU] | N,E | |
welwitschii Vatke ex Hallier f. | N,W,C,E,S | Description, Image |
wightii (Wall.) Choisy var. wightii | N,W,C,E,S | Description, Image |
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