Ipomoea hederifolia

Ipomoea hederifolia
	Ipomoea hederifolia
Systematics
	Asterids
	Euasterids I
Order :	Nightshade (Solanales)
Family :	Bindweed family (Convolvulaceae)
Genre :	Morning glories ( ipomoea )
Type :	Ipomoea hederifolia
Scientific name
	Ipomoea hederifolia
	L.

Ipomoea hederifolia is a plant type from the genus of Morningglory ( Ipomoea ) from the family of wind plants (Convolvulaceae). The species iswidespreadin America , but has also been introduced in other tropical regions.

description

Ipomoea hederifolia is a slender, herbaceous , annual climber who is hairy hairless or sparsely. The leaf blades are ovate to almost circular and 2 to 15 cm long; they can be entire, toothed, three-lobed or rarely five- or seven-lobed. The base is heart-shaped, towards the front they are pointed to pointed.

The inflorescences are few to several flowers comprehensive cymes or single flowers. The sepals are elongated to elliptical, 1.5 to 3 mm long and blunt or cut off. The outer sepals are covered with a 1.6 to 6 mm long awn. The crown is red or red-yellow in color and 2.5 to 4.5 mm long. The corolla tube has a diameter of 1 to 2 mm, the coronary hem 1.8 to 2.5 cm.

The fruits are almost spherical capsules , 6 to 8 mm in diameter . The seeds are dark brown or black, pear-shaped and usually have two lines of short, dark trichomes on the back.

The number of chromosomes is 2n = 28.

distribution

The species is distributed from the southern United States through Mexico and Central America to South America , as well as on the West Indies . Their home is tropical and subtropical America. In addition, it is a neophyte in many countries around the world.

literature

Daniel F. Austin: Flora of Panama . In: Robert E. Woodson Jr. and Robert W. Schery (Eds): Flora of Panama , Part IX, Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden, Vol. 62, 1975. pp. 157-224.

Individual evidence

^ Ipomoea hederifolia at Tropicos.org. In: IPCN Chromosome Reports . Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis
^ ^A ^b Rafaël Govaerts (ed.): Ipomoea - World Checklist of Selected Plant Families of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Last accessed on November 26, 2017.

Web links

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

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

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

[WCSP-2] A ^b Rafaël Govaerts (ed.): Ipomoea - World Checklist of Selected Plant Families of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Last accessed on November 26, 2017.