Ipomoea pulcherrima
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Ipomoea pulcherrima is a plant type from the genus of Morningglory ( Ipomoea ) from the family of wind plants (Convolvulaceae). The species is common in Peru .
description
Ipomoea pulcherrima is an upright, milky sap bearing shrub . The young, angled stems and the leaf stalks are densely tomentose or hairy with short trichomes . The leaf stalks are 1.5 to 3 cm long , the leaf blades are 5 to 10 cm long, hairy on the underside similar to the stems and petioles, almost circular, somewhat heart-shaped or cut off at the base, towards the tip they are broadly rounded and spiky. The eight to ten main veins of the leaves are clearly protruding on the underside, the secondary veins are parallel.
The inflorescences consist of a single, rarely two or three flowers , are 1 to 4 cm long and stand together in racemose , axillary or terminal groups. The inflorescence stalks are 2 to 5 mm long. The sloping bracts are strongly linear, thick, elongated or awl-shaped and 3 to 6 mm long. The flower stalks are up to 1 cm long and clearly glandular below the calyx . The prophylls are elongated or almost ovate, scaly and almost hairless, they have a length of 2 to 2.5 mm. The sepals are rounded, cut off or slightly bulged or slightly pointed. The outer sepals are about 7 mm long, the inner ones about 10 mm long. The crown is funnel-shaped, about 4 to 5 cm long and hairy glandular tomentose around the stamens . The stamens come in two lengths of 1.5 and 2 cm and are attached about 6 mm above the crown base. The base of the stamens is somewhat flattened. The anthers are 6 mm long. The ovary is conical and carries an 8 to 14 mm long stylus , in turn, two schwammig- papillary scars carries.
distribution
The species is common in the Peruvian region of Apurímac .
literature
- J. Francis Macbride: Convolvulaceae In: Flora of Peru , Fieldiana: Botany, Vol. XIII, Part V, No. 1, Dec. 1959.