Ipomoea kituiensis var. kituiensis

Nomenclature

Accepted name/Authority/Place of publication: 

Ipomoea kituiensis Vatke var. kituiensis

Synonyms: 

Ipomoea nykensis Hall. f. in Engl., Bot. Jahrb. 28: 53 (1899). Baker & Rendle in F.T.A. 4, 2: 196 (1906)

Ipomoea tambelensis Baker in Kew Bull. 1894: 72(1894). Dammer in Engl., Pflanzenw Ost –Afr. C: 333 (1895)

Rivea kituiensis (Vatke) Hall. f. in Engl., Bot. Jahrb. 18: 156 (1893)

Description

Habit: 
Suberect or twining shrub, up to 3(–6) m tall; stems with milky latex, pubescent with leaf scars prominent.
Leaves: 
Lamina ovate to reniform, 3.5–17.5 x 3.2–17 cm; apex obtuse, apiculate, acuminate or even bilobed; base cordate; sparsely pubescent or glabrous above; finely pubescent or glabrescent below; margins sometimes pilose; petiole 1–10(–17.5) cm long.
Inflorescences: 
Flowers in 2.5–6(–12)-flowered branched inflorescence; peduncle 1.5–16(–20) cm long; pedicels 3–10(–20) mm long; bracts linear-lanceolate, 10–15 x 2 mm.
Flowers: 
Sepals linear-lanceolate, 10–21 x 2–4 mm, appressed velutinous to pilose. Corolla white, cream, pink to purple or rarely pale blue, centre deeper purple; infundibular, 5–8 cm long; midpetaline areas pubescent or pilose; tube narrowed below.
Fruits: 
Capsule ellipsoid, 15–20 mm long.
Seeds: 
ovoid, 7–9 x 5–6 mm, covered with golden hairs, 6–7 mm long along the margins, shorter in other parts.
Author: 
Javier A. Luna
References: 

Demissew, S. 2006. Convolvulaceae. In: Hedberg, I., E. Kelbessa, S. Edwards, S. Demissew and E. Persson (eds.), Flora of Ethiopia and Eritrea, vol. 5, pp. 227–231. The National Herbarium Addis Ababa University and The Department of Systematic Botany Uppsala University; Addis Ababa, Ethiopia and Uppsala, Sweden. 

Gonçalves, M. L. 1987. Convolvulaceae. In: Launert, E. (ed.), Flora Zambesiaca, vol. 8, part 1, pp. 123. Flora Zambesiaca Management Committee, London. 

Verdcourt, B. 1963. Convolvulaceae. In: Hubbard, C.E. and E. Milne-Redhead (eds.), Flora of Tropical East Africa, pp. 144–145. Crown Agent for Overseas governments and administrations, London. 

Biogeography, Ecology and Natural History

Distribution Map: 
Distribution: 

Kenya, Ethiopia, Tanzania, Malawi, Zimbabwe, Zambia.

Ecology: 

Acacia-Commiphora woodland, evergreen scrub, savanna, thickets by stream and along rivers; 600–2040m. 


Phenology: 

Number of collections seen: 7

months

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# flowering  specimens

3

1

# fruiting specimens

1

2


Author: 
Javier A. Luna
References: 

Demissew, S. 2006. Convolvulaceae. In: Hedberg, I., E. Kelbessa, S. Edwards, S. Demissew and E. Persson (eds.), Flora of Ethiopia and Eritrea, vol. 5, pp. 227–231. The National Herbarium Addis Ababa University and The Department of Systematic Botany Uppsala University; Addis Ababa, Ethiopia and Uppsala, Sweden.

Gonçalves, M. L. 1987. Convolvulaceae. In: Launert, E. (ed.), Flora Zambesiaca, vol. 8, part 1, pp. 123. Flora Zambesiaca Management Committee, London.

Verdcourt, B. 1963. Convolvulaceae. In: Hubbard, C.E. and E. Milne-Redhead (eds.), Flora of Tropical East Africa, pp. 144–145. Crown Agent for Overseas governments and administrations, London. 

Authorship for webpage

Editor: 
Javier A Luna, Mark A. Carine, Sebsebe Demissew.
Contributors: 
Acknowledgements: 
This species page was produced as part of the project ‘Expanding the scope of African Digital Plant Resources’ funded by the World Collections Programme.
Classification: 
Ipomoea kituiensis

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