A foundation monograph of Convolvulus L. (Convolvulaceae) Author Wood, John R. I. Department of Plant Sciences, South Parks Road, University of Oxford, OX 1 3 RB, UK & Honorary Research Associate, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew Author Williams, Bethany R. M. Department of Plant Sciences, South Parks Road, University of Oxford, OX 1 3 RB, UK & Department of Life Sciences, Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road, London SW 7 5 BD, UK Author Mitchell, Thomas C. Plant Biodiversity Research, Technische Universitaet Muenchen, Maximus-von-Imhof Forum 2, 85354 Freising, Germany Author Carine, Mark A. Department of Life Sciences, Natural History Museum, Cromwell Road, London SW 7 5 BD, UK Author Harris, David J. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6801-2484 Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh, 20 A Inverleith Row, Edinburgh EH 3 5 LR, UK Author Scotland, Robert W. Department of Plant Sciences, South Parks Road, University of Oxford, OX 1 3 RB, UK robert.scotland@plants.ox.ac.uk text PhytoKeys 2015 2015-06-18 51 1 282 http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.51.7104 journal article http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.51.7104 1314-2003-51-1 E76E3938E216FF804849B803C469FE14 576310 72. Convolvulus persicus L., Sp. Pl. 1: 158. 1753. (Linnaeus 1753: 158). Figure 10, t. 22-30 Type . TURKEY, Constantinople, G. V. Aznavour (neotype BM!, designated by Staples in Staples and Jarvis 2006 : 1021); isoneotypes B, E!, P!). Description. Perennial branched undershrub with woody rootstock and lower branches, the whole plant shortly tomentose; stems very stout, 3-5 mm thick. Leaves petiolate, coriaceous, 2-5 x 1-3.5 cm, elliptic, oblong-elliptic or obovate, apex obtuse to rounded, margin entire, base broadly cuneate to rounded, slightly asymmetric; petioles 0-6 cm. Flowers solitary, axillary, pedunculate, usually arising from the middle part of the stem; peduncles 0.8-3.3 cm; bracteoles 3-5 x 1-3 mm, ovate to oblong-elliptic, acute; pedicels 5-7 mm; sepals 12-15 x 7-9 mm, ovate, obtuse or acute; corolla 3-4.5 cm, white, unlobed, undulate, midpetaline bands pilose; filaments glandular below; ovary very narrow, thinly pilose at apex; style divided c. 18 mm above base; stigmas 2 mm, narrowly elliptic. Capsule glabrous, seeds tuberculate. [ Sa'ad 1967 : 163; Nowrooze 2002 : 103 (map); Grigoriev 1953 : 11 (plate)] Distribution. Coasts of the Black Sea: Georgia ( Cosson 8 in Hohenacker), Turkey ( Olivier & Brugiere s.n., Uslu 2141), Bulgaria ( Bosseva et al . 88), Romania ( Grintescu 1094b) and Caspian Sea: Russia [Daghestan] ( Becker 1876), Azerbaijan ( Lewandowsky 519, Kerimov 32), Iran ( Aucher-Eloy 4940), Turkmenistan ( Dubiansky s.n. [14/7/1932]). Coastal sand dunes. Notes. A very distinct, apparently isolated species.