A foundation monograph of Ipomoea (Convolvulaceae) in the New World
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Wood, John R. I.
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Munoz-Rodriguez, Pablo
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Williams, Bethany R. M.
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Scotland, Robert W.
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Ipomoea discolor
(Kunth) G. Don
, Gen. Hist. 4
: 270. 1838. (Don 1838: 270)
Convolvulus discolor
Kunth
,
Nov. Gen.
Sp. 3
: 105 (1818 [pub. 1819]. (Kunth 1819: 105),
nom. cons
. Type. VENEZUELA. Amazonas, Carichana,
Humboldt & Bonpland
1045 (holotype P00670759).
Ipomoea irengana
N.E. Br., Trans. Linn. Soc. London, Bot.
ser. 2, 6: 51. 1901. (Brown, NE 1901: 51). Type. GUYANA. Ireng Valley,
McConnell & Quelch, 265
(lectotype K000612822, designated here).
Type.
Based on
Convolvulus discolor
Kunth
Description.
Slender twining herb, stems pubescent. Leaves petiolate, very small, 1.2-4
x
1.2-2.3 cm, ovate, obtuse and mucronate, shallowly cordate with rounded auricles, adaxially green, tomentellous, abaxially white-canescent. Flowers solitary, axillary; peduncles 4-25 mm, pubescent; bracteoles filiform, c. 1 mm, caducous; pedicels 6-15 mm, pubescent; sepals subequal, 7-11 mm long, oblong-lanceolate, acute or obtuse, outer pubescent, inner glabrous, scarious, more rounded; corolla 3.5-5.5 cm long, pale pink, funnel-shaped, thinly pubescent, limb undulate, 3.5-4 cm diam.
Illustration.
Austin (1998: 399).
Distribution.
Dry rocky hills at low altitudes in Venezuela and Guyana; apparently uncommon.
GUYANA.
Type of
Ipomoea irengana
.
VENEZUELA.
Bolivar
:
Cedeno
District,
B. Boom & Grillo
6399 (FTG, NY); Cerro Gavilan,
J. Wurdack & J.V. Monachino
40901 (FTG, NY); Agua Amena,
J. Steyermark et al.
131440 (FTG, MO); 1 km S of Quebrada la Flore,
J. Steyermark et al.
131637 (FTG).
Lara
: between Quibor and Cubiro,
D.F. & S. Austin
6019 (FTG).
Note.
This species is anomalous in this clade because of the thinly pubescent corolla.