Ipomoea minutiflora
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Ipomoea minutiflora is a plant type from the genus of Morningglory ( Ipomoea ) from the family of wind plants (Convolvulaceae). The species is common in America .
description
Ipomoea minutiflora is a usually prostrate and creeping, slender, annual plant . The stems are hairy or balding and often have thick leaves . The leaf stalks can be very long, or the leaves are almost sessile. The leaf blades are broadly ovate to almost kidney-shaped, 1 to 3 cm (rarely up to 6.5 cm) long, pointed or rounded towards the front and weakly or strongly heart-shaped at the base. The leaf margins are ciliate, entire or slightly angled. The underside of the leaf is hairless.
The inflorescences consist of a single or up to three flowers . The inflorescence stalks are thread- shaped and usually longer than the leaves. The flower stalks are bent back on the fruit. The sepals are 2 mm long, pointed and tomentose. The only 1 to 1.5 cm long crown is colored yellow.
The fruits are almost spherical, hairless and 4 to 5 mm long capsules . The seeds are blackish, finely hairy or balding.
Distribution and locations
The species is distributed from southern Mexico via Guatemala , British Honduras to Nicaragua and Costa Rica , but is also found in northern South America. It grows on damp, shady river banks, shrubby, rocky slopes, damp meadows and occasionally as a weed on cultivated areas. It can be found at altitudes below 1200 m.
Systematics
Within the genus of Morningglory ( Ipomoea ), the species is in the section Microsepalae in the subgenus Quamoclit arranged.
supporting documents
literature
- Paul C. Standley, Louis O. Williams : Convolvulaceae . In: Paul C. Standley, Louis O. Williams, and Dorothy N. Gibsons (Eds.): Flora of Guatemala , Fieldiana: Botany, Part IX, Nos. 1-4, 1970-1973.
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.