A foundation monograph of Ipomoea (Convolvulaceae) in the New World
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Wood, John R. I.
Author
Munoz-Rodriguez, Pablo
Author
Williams, Bethany R. M.
Author
Scotland, Robert W.
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Ipomoea austrobrasiliensis
J.R.I. Wood & Scotland
, Kew Bull. 72
(9): 2. 2017. (Wood and Scotland 2017a: 2)
Ipomoea batatoides
var.
angulata
Choisy in A.P. de Candolle
, Prodr. 9
: 376. 1845. (Choisy 1845: 376). Type. BRAZIL.
Sao
Paulo,
Martius s.n
. (lectotype M0184900).
Type.
BRAZIL.
Parana
, Mun. Paranagua, Pico Torto, 15 Jan. 1970,
G. Hatschbach 23340
(holotype MBM12820, isotypes F, K, MO).
Description.
Vigorous climbing perennial of unknown height, glabrous in all parts. Leaves petiolate, generally large, 10-22
x
9-16 cm, ovate, cordate with rounded auricles, acute to shortly acuminate, margin slightly undulate to subsinuate, sometimes with a distinct tooth above the auricle, glabrous on both surfaces but abaxially paler with prominent venation, the main veins with distinct pale margins; petioles 8-16 cm. Inflorescence of lax, axillary, pedunculate cymes; peduncles 3-10 cm; bracteoles 1-3 mm, linear-oblong, margins scarious, caducous; secondary peduncles 2-3.5 cm; tertiary peduncles (if present) c. 1.5 cm; pedicels 10-18 mm, thickened upwards; sepals subequal, coriaceous, convex, rounded, outer 9-12
x
6-7 mm, obovate; inner slightly wider, broadly elliptic with scarious margins; corolla 4.5-6 cm long, narrowly funnel-shaped, tube pale, limb deep pink, somewhat lobed, c. 4 cm diam. Capsules and seeds not seen.
Illustration.
Figure
86
.
Figure 86.
Ipomoea austrobrasiliensis
.
A
habit
B
leaf
C
outer sepal
D
inner sepal
E
corolla opened out to show stamens
F
ovary and style. Drawn by Rosemary Wise
A, C-F
from
Reitz & Klein
6615;
B
from
Reitz & Klein
4102.
Distribution.
Endemic to moist Atlantic forest below 300 m in Southern Brazil.
BRAZIL.
Parana
: Jacarehy,
P. Dusen
11400 (K, S, MICH, GH); Mun. Guaratuba, Serra do Araraquara,
G. Hatschbach
12504 (MGM); Mun. Paranaqua,
Picadao
Cambara-Col
. Limeira,
G. Hatschbach
18597 (MBM).
Santa Catarina
: Pinhal da Companhia,
R. Reitz & Klein
4102 (US);
Sao
Francisco do Sul,
R. Reitz & Klein
6615 (US).
Sao
Paulo
: type of
Ipomoea batatoides
var.
angulata
.
Notes.
Distinct from
Ipomoea goyazensis
because of the branched, well-developed cymes with long peduncles, large leaves and somewhat campanulate corolla. From
I. batatoides
it is distinguished by the longer sepals and larger leaves which are undulate and often somewhat angled, almost with a lateral tooth, hence
Choisy's
varietal name of
angulata
.
This has been identified as
Ipomoea goyazensis
, perhaps because Choisy treated
I. goyazensis
as a synonym of
I. batatoides
var.
angulata
.
Ipomoea goyazensis
is a quite different cerrado species whereas
I. austrobrasiliensis
is a plant of the Atlantic forests of southern Brazil and has not been found in the cerrados of
Goias
or further north in Brazil. Plants called
Ipomoea goyazensis
(
Simao-Bianchini
et al. 2016)
are a mixture of
I. austrobrasiliensis
and glabrous forms of
I. goyazensis
.