A foundation monograph of Ipomoea (Convolvulaceae) in the New World Author Wood, John R. I. Author Munoz-Rodriguez, Pablo Author Williams, Bethany R. M. Author Scotland, Robert W. text PhytoKeys 2020 143 1 823 http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.143.32821 journal article http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.143.32821 1314-2003-143-1 F6F11A6EE4FF5A1885CEA2B60AE965A5 199. Ipomoea repanda Jacq. , Enum. Syst. Pl. 13 . 1760. (Jacquin 1760: 13) Convolvulus repandus (Jacq.) Desr. , Encycl. 3 : 555. 1789 [pub. 1792]. (Desrousseaux 1792: 555). Exogonium repandum (Jacq.) Choisy , Mem . Soc. Phys. Geneve 8 : 128[50]. 1838. (Choisy 1838: 128[50]). Quamoclit repanda (Jacq.) Roberty , Candollea 14 : 41. 1952. (Roberty 1952: 41). Ipomoea eriosperma Berthel. ex Spreng. , Syst. Veg. 1 : 598. 1825 [pub. 1824]. (Sprengel 1824: 598), nom. illeg., non Ipomoea eriosperma P. Beauv. (1819) . Type. GUADELOUPE. C.L.G. Bertero s.n. (lectotype TO, isolectotype M0184975). Type. Icon, t. 20 in Jacquin, Sel. Stirp. Amer. (1763), designated by Austin (1978a: 336). Description. Twining liana to several metres; stems woody, glabrous, pale, reported to have abundant white latex. Leaves petiolate, 5-13 x 3-10 cm, deltoid, base rounded, truncate or cordate, apex acuminate, margin undulate, both surfaces glabrous; petioles 2-9.5 cm. Inflorescence of pedunculate axillary cymes; peduncles 2.5-7 cm; bracteoles caducous; secondary peduncles 12-15 mm; pedicels 5-15 mm; sepals subequal, 6-7(-8) x 4 mm, ovate to suborbicular, obtuse (outer) to rounded (inner), reddish, glabrous, the margins scarious; corolla 4-4.5 cm long, subcylindrical but slightly widened upwards, curved, red, glabrous, limb deeply divided with oblong, apiculate lobes c. 3-4 x 1.5 cm; stamens shortly exserted. Capsules ovoid, 14 x 8 mm, shortly rostrate, glabrous; seeds 8 x 5 mm, shortly pilose on the margins. Illustration. Figures 8B , 103 ; Acevedo-Rodriguez (2005: 176). Figure 103. Ipomoea repanda . A habit B outer sepal C inner sepal D fruiting inflorescence E seed. Drawn by Rosemary Wise from Whitefoord 5244. Distribution. Widely distributed from the eastern part of Hispaniola through Puerto Rico and south through the Windward Islands to Tobago. It grows in moist forest and around mogotes. Absent from Barbados and Trinidad. DOMINICAN REPUBLIC. Peninsula Samana , Pan de Azucar , E.L. Ekman H15176 (S); A.H. Liogier 5 (P). PUERTO RICO. F. Axelrod & L. Perez 8375 (K); Maricao, P. Sintenis 289 (K, BM, P, S); Sierra de Luquillo, R.A. Howard 16812 (A, BM, MO, P, S); T.G. Hartley 13328 (MO, P). LESSER ANTILLES. U.S. Virgin Islands : St John, G. Prance et al. 29343 (BM, NY); ibid., P. Acevedo-Rodriguez 3123 (MO, NY), 2839 (NY); St Thomas, H.F.A. von Eggers 253 (K); ibid., C.H. Ostenfeld 150 (C, P). U.K. Virgin Islands : Tortola, C. Clubbe 15 (K); Fishlock 339 (K). Barbuda : fide Powell (1979). Antigua : Wullschlaegel s.n. (S); Monks Head Hill, H.E. Box 1280 (BM, MO). Montserrat : Jubilee Mountain, R.A. Howard 19665 (BM, NY); M.A. Hamilton et al. 403 (K). Guadeloupe : A. Duss 2478 (MO, NY); C. Sastre et al. 4249 (P). Dominica : Glasham, D.H. Nicolson 2089 (BM, US); C. Whitefoord 5244 (BM); S.R. Hill et al. 25544 (NY). Martinique : L. Hahn 536 (BM, K, P); A. Duss 1890 (NY); C. Sastre 6570 (P). St Lucia : P. Beard 1068 (MO, S); Morne Tabac, G.R. Proctor 21573 (BM); R.A. Howard 19915 (NY). St Vincent : P. Beard 1354 (MO, S); H.H. & G.W. Smith 1301 (K, NY); Bequia fide Powell (1979). Grenada : K. Barbour et al. 93425 (BM); Mt. St. Catherine, G.R. Proctor 17257 (BM). TRINIDAD. Tobago : J. Greg (BM). Note. Very similar to Ipomoea microdactyla but sepals 6-7(-8) mm, corolla narrowly tubular, curved. limb <1 cm long, deeply lobed with oblong-ovate, acute lobes.