Ipomoea setifera
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Ipomoea setifera is a plant type from the genus of Morningglory ( Ipomoea ) from the family of wind plants (Convolvulaceae). It occurs in the West Indies as well as in the tropical areas of America and Africa .
description
Ipomoea setifera is an herbaceous, climbing plant, the stems of which are short-bristled hairy to hairless and occasionally short-prickly. The hairless leaves are arrow-shaped, ovate-heart-shaped or triangular-spear-shaped and 7 to 14 cm long. The leaf base is formed by two rounded, blunt or pointed lobes, towards the front they are pointed to blunt and prickly.
The inflorescences consist of one to seven flowers and two boat-shaped, pointed bracts . The sepals are unevenly shaped. The outer three are broadly ovate, 1.5 to 2 cm long, winged at the base and traversed by clear longitudinal leaf veins. The crown is rose-pink in color, funnel-shaped and 7 to 9 cm long, the crown hem is 4 to 5 cm wide and five-pointed.
The fruits are four-lobed capsules with two seed chambers. The four seeds are gray-brown and finely hairy.
Occurrence and locations
Ipomoea setifera occurs in the West Indies as well as in the tropical areas of America and Africa . The species grows in wet or damp locations.
Systematics
Within the genus of morning glory ( Ipomoea ), the species is classified in the series Heterophyllae of the Pharbitis section .
literature
- Henri Alain Liogier: Descriptive Flora of Puerto Rico and Adjancent Islands, Spermatophyta , Volume IV: Melastomataceae to Lentibulariaceae . Universidad de Puerto Rico, 1995, ISBN 0-8477-2337-2 .
- Daniel F. Austin and Zosimo Huaman: A Synopsis of Ipomoea (Convolvulaceae) in the Americas . In: Taxon , Vol. 45, No. 1, Feb. 1996, pp. 3-38.