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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 hederifolia L.
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Syst. Nat., ed. 10. 925. 1759.
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Note
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TYPE: Based on Plumier, PI. Amer. 81, t. 93, f. 2. 1756.
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Synonym
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Quamoclit hederifolia (L.) G. Don, Gen. Hist. 4: 259. 1838. Ipomoea coccinea auct. non L. (1753). Quamoclit coccinea (L.) Moench var. hederifolia (L.) House, Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 36: 599. 1909.
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Description
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Vines; stems slender and herbaceous, annuals, glabrous to sparsely pubescent. Leaves ovate to suborbicular, 2-15 cm long, entire, dentate, trilobate or rarely with 5 or 7 lobes, basally cordate, acute to acuminate apically, glabrous or re- motely pubescent. Flowers in few- to several-flowered cymes or solitary; sepals oblong to elliptic, 1.5-3 mm long, apically obtuse or truncate, the outer sepals with a 1.6-6 mm long subterminal arista, glabrous; corollas red or red-yellow, 2.5-4.5 cm long, the tube 1-2 mm in diameter, the limb 1.8-2.5 cm in diameter. Fruits capsular, subglobose, 6-8 mm in diameter; seeds dark brown or black, pyriform, with usually 2 lines of short dark trichomes on the dorsal face.
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Habit
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Vines
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Note
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Ipomoea hederifolia flowers from November to April.
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Distribution
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distributed through the southern United States, the West Indies, Mexico, Central America and South America; it is introduced into Malaysia and Africa.
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Note
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This is the tropical counterpart of the apparently temperate I. coccinea. Ipo- moea hederifolia is the only species in Panama with red to red-yellow salverform corollas with a subentire limb.
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Specimen
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BOCAS DEL TORO: Isla Colon, Wedel 2932 (MO, US). CANAL ZONE: Near Summit Gar- dens, Correa & Dressler 660 (MO). Madden Dam, Dwyer 2876 (MO). Between Farfan Beach and Palo Seco, Hunter & Allen 436 (MO). Farfan Beach, Lewis et al. 46 (MO). Red Tank to Pueblo Nuevo, Piper 5771 (US). Sosa Hill, Balboa, Standley 26408 (US). Be- tween Fort Clayton and Corozal, Standley 29200 (US). Farfan Beach, Tyson & Blum 2609 (MO). CHIRIQUI: Quebrada Tuco, 9 mi. S of Puerto Armuelles, Liesner 154 (MO). COCLE: Road to El Cope, Burch et al. 1380 (MO). 1-5 mi. S of Anton, Tyson & Blum 2562 (MO). LOS SANTOS: Near Las Tablas, Burch et al. 1272 (MO). PANAMA&: Sabanas near Chepo, Hunter & Allen 9 (US). Panamai La Vieja, Bro. Maurice 808 (US). Without locality, Kennedy et al. 2018 (MO). Around Alhajuela, Pittier 2341 (US). Near Matias Hernandez, Standley 28937 (US). Tumba Muerto Road, Standley 29780 (US). Juan Diaz, Standley 30502 (US). Between Las Sabanas and Matias Hernandez, Standley 31910 (US).
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