A foundation monograph of Ipomoea (Convolvulaceae) in the New World
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Wood, John R. I.
Author
Munoz-Rodriguez, Pablo
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Williams, Bethany R. M.
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Scotland, Robert W.
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Ipomoea conzattii
Greenm.
, Publ. Field Columb. Mus.
, Bot. Ser. 2
(6): 258. 1907. (Greenman 1907: 258)
Exogonium conzattii
(Grenm.) House
, Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 35
: 102. 1908. (House 1908a: 102).
Type.
MEXICO. Oaxaca, Almoloyas,
C. Conzatti
1666 (holotype F0054836, isotypes MEXU, VT).
Description.
Twining liana; stems woody with grey bark, white canescent when young. Leaves absent at anthesis, petiolate, 1.5-10
x
1-6.5 cm, ovate-deltoid, subrhomboid, panduriform or shallowly 3 -lobed, margin undulate, apex acute, obtuse or retuse, mucronate, base truncate and cuneate onto the petiole, pubescent on both surfaces, abaxially paler; petioles 0.5-6 cm, pubescent. Inflorescence of very shortly pedunculate compact corymbs; peduncle 0.3-2.8 cm, sericeous; bracteoles 2-3 mm, ovate-deltoid, sericeous, caducous; secondary peduncles 1-5 mm; pedicels 12-15 mm, thickened upwards, canescent; sepals slightly unequal, outer 5-7
x
3-6 mm, elliptic, obtuse, densely pubescent to canescent, greenish, inner sepals obovate, rounded, pubescent in the centre but with broad glabrous scarious margins; corolla 3-4.5 cm long, cylindrical-hypocrateriform, deep pink, glabrous or with a few hairs, somewhat rugose, limb 2-3 cm diam., lobed, stamens exserted. Capsules ellipsoid, 9
x
6-8 mm, glabrous: seeds 6
x
3 mm, pilose on margins with long white hairs c. 7 mm long.
Distribution.
Endemic to central Mexico, growing around 1200 to 2200 m in dry deciduous woodland and scrub; apparently uncommon.
MEXICO. Est.
Mexico
& Dist. Fed.
: El Zapote,
S. Zamudio
10995 (IEB, MEXU); Villa Guerrero,
E. Matuda et al.
28029 (MEXU).
Guerrero
: Cerro Xilotzin,
E. Moreno-G
871 (MEXU).
Morelos
: Xochicalco,
Hahn
s.n. (P); Cuautla, Sierra de
Topotzlan
,
D.H. Lorence
5021 (MEXU, MO); Tezoyuca-E. Zapata,
J.
Vasquez
252 (MEXU); Cuernavaca,
E. Fournier
s.n. [1866] (P);
E. Lyonnet
550400015 (IEB, MEXU).
Oaxaca
: Almolayas,
C. Conzatti
1950 (F); Cuicatlan,
J.I. Calzada
23880 (K, MEXU).
Puebla
:
Tehuacan
,
C.A. Purpus
5833 (BM, MO); ibid.,
H.S. Gentry
23385 (ARIZ, DES, MEXU);
Cuicatlan
,
G.A. Salazar et al
. 9383 (MEXU); Caltepec,
P. Tenorio & C. Romero
5100 (MEXU);
R. Razo & R.
Garcia
III-39 (IEB).
Veracruz
:
Long & Burch
3278 (F); Acutzingo,
J.E. Rivera
5451 (MEXU).
Note.
Distinguished from related species by the relatively broad corolla limb, near glabrous corolla but canescent sepals and pedicels.