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.
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PhytoKeys
2020
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http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.143.32821
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http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/phytokeys.143.32821
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Ipomoea uninervis
J.R.I. Wood & Scotland
, Phytokeys 88
: 28. 2017. (Wood et al. 2017d: 28)
Type.
BRAZIL. Distrito Federal,
proximo
ao posto Colorado Chacara FTRC, Centro Oeste,
15°41'S
,
47°52'W
, 6 Feb. 1999,
C.
Proenca
, R.S. Oliveira, C.M. Clemente, J.F. Ribeiro
2074 (holotype UB8208-2, isotype E).
Description.
Perennial undershrub; stems erect, to 1.2 m, sparingly branched, grey-puberulent to subsericeous. Leaves subsessile, 4-12
x
0.1-0.5 cm, linear to narrowly oblong, obtuse, shortly mucronate, both surfaces grey-puberulent to subsericeous, abaxaially paler with one prominent longitudinal vein; petioles 0-3 mm, tomentellous. Inflorescence of few-flowered cymes from the upper leaf-axils, forming a terminal usually elongate inflorescence up to 15 cm in length; bracts formed of reduced leaves, caducous so inflorescence appearing naked; peduncles 1-4 mm, grey-tomentellous; bracteoles 1.5 mm, linear, tomentellous, caducous; pedicels 3-7 mm, grey-tomentellous; sepals subequal, 7.5-8
x
3-4 mm, broadly oblong, obtuse to rounded, grey-tomentose, the inner with broad glabrous, scarious margins; corolla c. 4.5 cm long, pink, pubescent, funnel-shaped; limb c. 4 cm diam.; ovary conical. Capsules and seeds not seen.
Illustration.
Figure
35
.
Figure 35.
Ipomoea uninervis
.
A
habit
B
abaxial leaf
C
outer sepal
D
inner sepal
E
corolla opened out to show stamens
F
ovary and base of style. Drawn by Rosemary Wise from
C.
Proenca
et al.
2074.
Distribution.
Endemic to the Distrito Federal and
Goias
State in Brazil, where it appears to be a rare species of cerrado.
BRAZIL. Dist. Fed.
: type collection.
Goias
: Cristalina, 5 km along estrada para Paracatu,
16°46'S
,
47°37'W
, 1050 m,
J.R. Pirani et al.
1560 (SPF, K).
Note.
Ipomoea uninervis
appears close to
I. aprica
but differs in the grey-tomentellous, oblong outer sepals 7.5-8 mm long (these are green-tomentose, broadly ovate to suborbicular and 5-6 mm long in
I. aprica
) and the elongate inflorescence with deciduous bracts so appearing naked (not leafy with persistent bracts). It is also close to
Ipomoea oblongifolia
but differs in the 1-veined leaves and oblong, not elliptic bracts and relatively long inflorescence.