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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Ipomoea scopulina
J.R.I. Wood & Scotland
, Phytokeys 88
: 27. 2017. (Wood et al. 2017d: 27)
Type.
BRAZIL. Espirito Santo, Pancas, Pedra da Colina,
19°13'51"S
,
40°52'35"W
, 700 m,
D.P. Saraiva, J. Silva, K.V. Hmeljeviski & R.C. Forzza
47 (holotype RB 00591205).
Description.
Liana of unknown height; stems woody, pale grey, glabrous. Leaves petiolate, 4-7
x
3-5 cm, ovate, shortly acuminate, base cordate with rounded auricles, margin undulate, adaxially glabrous, abaxially paler, somewhat reticulate, the main veins obscurely puberulent; petioles 1.5-2.5 cm, glabrous or obscurely puberulent upwards. Inflorescence borne on woody branchlets, the axillary cymes subracemose in form, apparently arising after the leaves have fallen; peduncles 6-7 mm long, somewhat woody, glabrous apart from a few scattered hairs; bracteoles deltoid, c. 1 mm long, glabrous, caducous; secondary peduncles 2-7 mm long; pedicels 6-10 mm long, glabrous; sepals slightly unequal, outer 6-7
x
3-3.5 mm, broadly lanceolate, subacute, glabrous, margin scarious, inner similar but obtuse and with broader scarious margins; corolla 3.5-4 cm long, suburceolate, glabrous, reported to be
"white"
, tube subcylindrical, c. 4 mm wide at base, widened to 10 mm in the middle, constricted upwards, c. 6 mm wide at mouth, lobes broadly ovate, c. 2
x
3.5 mm; ovary presumably glabrous, style c. 2.2 cm, stigma biglobose. Capsules and seeds not seen.
Illustration.
Figure
208
.
Figure 208.
Ipomoea scopulina
.
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 from
D.P. Saraiva et al.
47.
Distribution.
Only known from a single granite sugarloaf inselberg in Espirito Santo State in Brazil.
BRAZIL. Espirito Santo
: Only known from the type collection.
Note.
Species of
Ipomoea
with tubular suburceolate corollas are rare in Brazil. The only two comparable Brazilian species are
I. longistaminea
and
I. ana-mariae
. Both have oblong-elliptic, coriaceous, somewhat convex sepals very different from the broadly lanceolate subacute sepals of
I. scopulina
.