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
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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
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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
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Scotland, Robert W.
Department of Plant Sciences, South Parks Road, University of Oxford, OX 1 3 RB, UK
robert.scotland@plants.ox.ac.uk
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Convolvulus boissieri Steud., Nomencl. Bot., ed. 2, 1: 407. 1840. (Steudel 1840: 407).
Convolvulus nitidus
Boiss., Elench. Pl. Nov. 65. 1838, nom. illeg., non
Convolvulus nitidus
Desr. (1792). (
Boissier 1838
: 65). Type. SPAIN, Sierra Nevada,
Boissier
s.n. (holotype G; isotypes C, E!, G, GOET, HAL, JE, K!, L, W!).
Type.
Based on
Convolvulus nitidus
Boiss.
Description.
Cushion-forming undershrub, stems short, spreading, the bases covered in leaf remains; vegetative parts silvery-sericeous. Leaves sessile, 0.3-2
x
0.2-0.6 cm, obovate to oblanceolate, obtuse or acute, entire, cuneate to a broad base, the venation very prominent, especially below. Flowers usually solitary, terminal or axillary; peduncle 1-3 mm long; bracteoles 4-8
x
0.5-1 mm, linear; pedicels 1-3 mm; sepals 7-10
x
2-3 mm, oblong-lanceolate with caudate apex, base membranous, apex pilose, inner sepals oblong-ovate with membranous margins; corolla 1.7-2.1 cm long, pink, weakly lobed, midpetaline bands darker, pilose; ovary sericeous; style sericeous, divided 3-4 mm above the ovary, stigmas c. 4 mm. Capsule hirsute; seeds glabrous, smooth. [
Sa'ad
1967
: 138;
Silvestre 2012
: 264, 263 (plate]
Notes.
Divisable into two, geographical disjunct but morphologically similar subspecies: