Ipomoea asarifolia

Ipomoea asarifolia
	Ipomoea asarifolia
Systematics
	Asterids
	Euasterids I
Order :	Nightshade (Solanales)
Family :	Bindweed family (Convolvulaceae)
Genre :	Morning glories ( ipomoea )
Type :	Ipomoea asarifolia
Scientific name
	Ipomoea asarifolia
	( Desr. ) Roem. & Schult.

Ipomoea Asarifolia is a plant type from the genus of Morningglory ( Ipomoea ) from the family of wind plants (Convolvulaceae). The species is common in Brazil and possibly in Peru.

description

Ipomoea asarifolia is a hairless, prostrate-ascending morning morning glory with heart-shaped, kidney-shaped or almost circular leaves that are 2.5 to 8 cm long, slightly wider than long and veined like a hand with five to seven veins. Their petioles reach lengths of up to 2 cm.

The inflorescence stalks have a length of about 2.5 cm, the flower stalks reach a length of 1.5 to 2 cm and are often papilose and slightly rough. The prophylls are ovate-elongated and about 3 mm long. The flowers have conspicuously unevenly shaped sepals , the outer ones are egg-shaped and only half as long as the elongated egg-shaped, 12 to 14 mm long inner sepals. The crown is funnel-shaped, pinkish-purple to purple-purple in color. The stamens are flattened at the base and tomentose with purple trichomes . The flower base is fleshy.

The fruits contain black, hairless seeds .

The number of chromosomes is 2n = 30.

distribution

The species is native to South and Central America. It occurs in Bermuda , Brazil , Colombia , Ecuador , Jamaica , Panama , Paraguay , Peru and Venezuela .

Systematics

Within the genus of Morningglory ( Ipomoea ), the species is in the section Erpipomoea the subgenus eriospermum arranged.

supporting documents

literature

J. Francis Macbride: Convolvulaceae In: Flora of Peru , Fieldiana: Botany, Volume XIII, Part V, Number 1, December 1959.

Individual evidence

^ Ipomoea asarifolia at Tropicos.org. In: IPCN Chromosome Reports . Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis
^ Daniel F. Austin and Zosimo Huaman: A Synopsis of Ipomoea (Convolvulaceae) in the Americas ( Memento of September 6, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) . In: Taxon , Volume 45, Number 1, February 1996. Pages 3-38.

Web links

Commons : Ipomoea asarifolia - collection of images, videos and audio files

Ipomoea asarifolia . In: S. Dressler, M. Schmidt, G. Zizka (Eds.): African plants - A Photo Guide. Senckenberg, Frankfurt / Main 2014.

[IPCN-1] Ipomoea asarifolia at Tropicos.org. In: IPCN Chromosome Reports . Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis

[Austin96-2] Daniel F. Austin and Zosimo Huaman: A Synopsis of Ipomoea (Convolvulaceae) in the Americas ( Memento of September 6, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) . In: Taxon , Volume 45, Number 1, February 1996. Pages 3-38.