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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 quamoclit L.
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PlaceOfPublication
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Sp. P1. 159. 1753.
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Note
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TYPE: LINN 219.1 (not seen; microfiche).
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Synonym
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Convolvulus pennatus Desr. in Lam., Encycl. Meth. 3: 567. 1791. TYPE: Cultivated in Paris from East Indian material (not seen). Quamoclit vulgaris Choisy, Mem. Soc. Phys. Geneve 6: 434. 1833. New name for Ipomoea quamoclit L. Quamoclit pennata (Desr.) Bojer, Hort. Maurit. 224. 1837.
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Description
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Vines; stems slender, herbaceous, annual, glabrous. Leaves 1-9 cm long, ovate to elliptic in outline, deeply pinnatisect with 9-19 alternate or opposite pairs of linear lobes, glabrous. Flowers solitary or in 2-5-flowered cymes; sepals elliptic to oblong, 4-7 mm long, obtuse apically, with a 0.25-0.75-mm-long mucro, glabrous; corollas red or rarely white, 2-3 cm long. Fruits capsular, ovoid, 6-8 mm in diameter; seeds dark to black, with dark patches of short trichomes scat- tered somewhat irregularly.
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Habit
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Vines
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Note
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This species flowers from June to January.
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Distribution
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Pantropical in distribution,
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Note
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it is cultivated in temperate zones.
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Common
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Cundeamor
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Note
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An annual with deeply pinnatisect leaves, this species often appears in gar- dens. It is probably originally from Mexico, but was distributed to the Old World in early post-Colombian time.
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Specimen
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BOCAS DEL TORO: Changuinola Valley, Dunlap 232 (F, US). Isla Colon, Wedel 506 (MO). Miraflores Bridge area, Dwyer 1092 (MO). Farfan Beach, Dwyer 6800 (MO). Barro Colorado Island, Ebinger 202 (MO). Balboa Heights, Killip 3059 (US). Balboa, Standley 28544 (US). Near Fort Sherman, Standley 31146 (US). CHIRIQUI: David, Lewis et al. 741 (MO). Near Puerto Armuelles, Woodson & Schery 825 (MO, US). PANAMA: Near Jenine, Duke 3897 (MO). Around Alhajuela, Pittier 2334 (US). Juan Diaz, Standley 30595 (US). Las Sabanas, collector unknown (MO-1952163).
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