7003.000 Ipomoea
Gonçalves, M.L. (1987) Convolvulaceae Flora Zambesiaca 8(1)
Mwanga Mwanga, I.J.-C., Sosef, M.S.M. & Simoes, A.R.G., (2022) Convolvulaceae Flore d'Afrique Centrale Nouvelle Serie Jardin Botanique Meise, Belgique
Description of the genus
Annual, biennial or perennial herbs, sometimes shrub-like or woody. Stems usually twining or prostrate, sometimes erect. Pseudostipules sometimes present. Leaves variable. Flowers axillary, solitary or in few-many-flowered cymes, sometimes in pseudoheads or enclosed in an involucre. Peduncles and pedicels usually present. Corolla usually actinomorphic, only slightly lobed. Sepals 5, usually unequal. Stamens 5, usually unequal, inserted near base of corolla tube. Ovary 2-3-4- or rarely 5-locular; style filiform. Stigmas 2, spherical. Capsule spherical to ovoid, dehiscent and 3-10-valved. Seeds usually 4, glabrous, pubescent or long-hairy. Derivation of name: from Greek: ips meaning worm, homios meaning resembling, referring to the twining habitat Worldwide: c.650 species in tropical and warm temperate zones DRC: 40 taxa. Insects associated with this genus:
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| Species | Botanical divisions | Content |
| aquatica Forssk. | I,II,III,IV,V,VI,VII,VIII,XI | Description, Image |
| arborescens (H.B.K.) G. Don | XI | Description |
| bampsiana Lejoly & Lisowski [End] [EN] | XI | |
| bolusiana Schinz | IV,XI | Description, Image |
| carnea Jacq. subsp. fistulosa (Mart. ex Choisy) D.F. Austin | III,VI,IX | Description, Image |
| chrysochaetia Hallier f. | II,III,IV,VI,XI | |
| coptica (L.) Roth ex Roem. & Schult. var. coptica | VIII,IX,XI | Description, Image |
| crassipes Hook. var. crassipes | XI | Description, Image |
| crassipes Hook. var. hewittioides (Hallier f.) Hallier f. | III,XI | |
| crepidiformis Hallier f. var. crepidiformis | XI | |
| crepidiformis Hallier f. var. microcephala (Hallier f.) Verdc. | XI | |
| delpierrei De Wild. | IV,VI,VII | |
| dichroa Hochst. ex Choisy | VIII,IX,XI | Description, Image |
| elythrocephala Hallier f. | II | Description |
| hederifolia L. | III,IV,VI,VIII,XI | Description, Image |
| heterotricha Didr. | II,III,IV,V,VI,VII,IX,XI | Description |
| hildebrandtii Vatke subsp. grantii (Baker) Verdc. | VIII,IX | |
| imperati (Vahl) Griseb. | I | Description |
| involucrata P. Beauv. | I,II,III,IV,V,VI,VII,VIII,IX,XI | Description, Image |
| linosepala Hallier f. subsp. alpina (Rendle) Lejoly & Lisowski | XI | Description, Image |
| linosepala Hallier f. subsp. auroargentea Duvigneaud & Dewit. [End] [EN] | XI | |
| linosepala Hallier f. subsp. kundelungensis Lejoly & Lisowski [End] [EN] | XI | |
| linosepala Hallier f. subsp. linosepala | XI | |
| linosepala Hallier f. subsp. upembensis Lejoly & Lisowski [End] [CR] | XI | |
| macrosepala Brenan | VIII | Description |
| mauritiana Jacq. | I,II,III,IV,V,VI,VII,XI | Description, Image |
| pes-caprae (L.) R. Br. subsp. brasiliensis (L.) van Ooststr. | I,II,IX,XI | Description, Image |
| pes-tigridis L. var. strigosa (Hallier f.) Rendle | XI | |
| pes-tigridis L. var. pes-tigridis | V,XI | Description, Image |
| petitiana Lejoly & Lisowski [End] [VU] | XI | |
| pileata Roxb. | III,XI | Description, Image |
| polymorpha Roem. & Schult. | IX | |
| prismatosyphon Welw. var. prismatosyphon | V,VI,IX,XI | Description, Image |
| quamoclit L. | III,IV,V,VI,VII,XI | Description, Image |
| recta De Wild. | XI | |
| urbaniana (Dammer) Hallier f. | VIII | Description |
| verbascoidea Choisy | XI | Description, Image |
| vernalis R.E. Fr. | ||
| welwitschii Vatke ex Hallier f. | III,IV,V,XI | Description, Image |
| wightii (Wall.) Choisy var. wightii | V,VI,VII,VIII,IX,XI | Description, Image |
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