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(Last Modified On 5/31/2013)
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(Last Modified On 5/31/2013)
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Species
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Ipomoea asarifolia (Desr.) Roem. & Schult.
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PlaceOfPublication
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Syst. Veg. 4: 251. 1819.
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Synonym
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Convolvulus asarifolius Desr. in Lam. Encycl. Meth. 3: 562. 1789. TYPE: Senegal, Roussillon (not seen).
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Description
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Vines; stems herbaceous, decumbent and twining, rooting at the nodes gla- brous. Leaves rounded-cordate to subreniform, 4-8 cm long, basally cordate, apically rounded, glabrescent. Flowers solitary or in axillary or terminal simple or compound cymes, glabrous to puberulent; sepals unequal, the outer sepals 5-6 mm long, the inner sepals 10-12 mm long, elliptic to ovate, coriaceous, rounded apically, mucronate, glabrous; corolla lavender to purple, 6-8 cm long, funnelform. Fruits tardily dehiscent capsules, subglobose, 10-12 mm long, brown, glabrous; seeds brown to dark brown 6-7 mm long, minutely gray-pubescent.
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Habit
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Vines
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Note
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This species flowers in July and from September through February.
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Distribution
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occurs in Mexico (Chiapas), Guatemala, Honduras, Panama, West Indies, South Amer- ica, and tropical Asia and Africa.
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Common
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Batatilla de cienaga campanilla
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Note
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Ipomoea asarifolia is much like I. pes-caprae in aspect. The two may be separated by leaf shape: cordate-orbicular to subreniform and apically acute to obtuse in I. asarifolia, mostly ovate to obovate and always apically emarginate in I. pes-caprae.
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Specimen
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CANAL ZONE: Panama, collector unknown, 1935 (MO). COCLE: Between Aguadulce and Anton, Woodson et al. 1215 (MO). Aguadulce, Pittier 4911 (US). Between Porto Posada and Penonome, Williams 156 (US). DARIEN: Without locality, Macbride 2674 (US). HER- RERA: Road from Chitre to Divisa, Burch et al. 1354 (MO). PANAMA: 1 mi. W of Bejuco, Tyson & Blum 2539 (MO). Between hunting club and El Congor Hill on Rio Jagua, Hunter & Allen 469 (MO, US). Laguna de Portala near Chepo, Pittier 4618 (US). Between Las Sabanas and Matias Hernaindez, Standley 31803 (US). Las Sabanas, Standley 25828, 25829 (both US). Nuevo San Francisco, Standley 30698, 30707, 30746 (all US). Near Punta Paitilla, Standley 26301 (US); Piper 5405 (US). Between Savanas and Rio Yguana, Macbride 2674 (F). Penonome, Dwyer 7055 (MO). Near Santiago, Allen 1083 (F, MO).
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