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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 neei (Spreng.) O'Donell,
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PlaceOfPublication
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Lilloa 29: 69. 1959.
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Synonym
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Calboa vitifolia Cav., Icon. 5, p. 51. t. 476. 1799. TYPE: Mexico, Nayarit, Nee, (?MA, not seen). Convolvulus neei Spreng., Syst. Veg. 1: 593. 1825. Nom. nov. for Calboa vitifolia Cav. Quamoclit vitifolia (Cav.) G. Don, Gen. Hist. 4: 259. 1838. Ipomoea peduncularis Bertol., Nov. Comment. Acad. Sci. Inst. Bonon. 4: 408. [Fl. Guat.] 408, t. 38. 1840. TYPE: Based on material from Guatemala cultivated in Italy. (not seen). Ipomoea hartwegii Meisn. in Mart., Fl. Bras. 7: 220. 1869, non Benth. (1839). TYPE: Guatemala, Hartweg 603 (not seen).
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Description
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Lianas; stems woody, branched, striate or angular, glabrous. Leaves ovate, subtrilobate, subentire, 3 (-5)-lobed, to 3-parted, 2.5-18 cm long, usually basally cordate but variable, acute to acuminate apically, glabrous or pubescent near the base. Flowers in 10-70-flowered cymes with few open at a time; sepals ovate to elliptic, 2.5-5 mm long, the outer sepals with a subterminal arista 2-5 mm long, glabrous; corollas yellow or violet or yellow with purple or violet markings 2.7- 3.5 cm long with a 10-15-mm-long tube, 4-4.5 mm in diameter, the limb cam- panulate. Fruits capsular, subglobose, 7-9 mm in diameter; seeds black, pyriform, with yellowish patches of short trichomes.
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Habit
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Lianas
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This species flowers from December to April.
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Distribution
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ranges from Mexico to Panama.
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Note
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Perhaps a primitive member of the Quamoclit group, this is the only species with yellow flowers commonly marked with purple or violet.
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Specimen
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CHIRIQUI: Bajo Mono, Davidson 501 (F). Near Boquete, Lewis et al. 410 (MO). Alto Lino, Bro. Maurice 894 (US). Near El Boquete, Maxon 5384 (US).
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