Ipomoea incarnata
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Ipomoea incarnata is a plant type from the genus of Morningglory ( Ipomoea ) from the family of wind plants (Convolvulaceae). The species is common in South America .
description
Ipomoea incarnata is a woody, creeping or twisting plant at the base. The stems can reach a length of up to 10 m. The leaves as the whole plant glabrous, the leaf blade is 3 to 6 cm long, 3 to 5 cm wide, deep heart-shaped and tapered towards the front and provided with projecting, pointed, ganzrandigen ears. The leaf stalks are 2 to 7 cm long.
The inflorescences consist of a single flower , the inflorescence stalks are longer than the leaves. The prophylls are small and lanceolate. The sepals are about 1 to 2.5 cm long, scale-like and lanceolate in shape, the inner ones being somewhat narrower. The bell-shaped crown is colored pink, about 6 cm long and about the same or a little wider.
distribution
The species is widespread on the north and northwest coast of South America and is also found in the Galápagos .
Systematics
Within the genus of morning glory ( Ipomoea ), the species is classified in the series Jalapae of the section Eriospermum in the subgenus of the same name Eriospermum .
supporting documents
literature
- J. Francis Macbride: Convolvulaceae In: Flora of Peru , Fieldiana: Botany, Vol. XIII, Part V, No. 1, Dec. 1959.
Individual evidence
- ^ 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.