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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210.
Ipomoea lineolata
Urb.
, Symb. Antill. 3
(3): 355. 1903. (Urban 1902-1903: 355)
Ipomoea grisebachii
Urb. (1903: 353)
, nom. illeg., non
Ipomoea grisebachii
Prain (1894)
. Type. JAMAICA.
Guy's
Hill, Moneague,
Alexander
s.n. (lectotype K000612811, designated by Wood and Scotland 2017c: 14).
Ipomoea rubella
House
, Bot. Gaz. 43
: 414. 1907. (House 1907b: 414). Type. Based on
I. grisebachii
Urb.
Ipomoea carmesina
Proctor, J. Arnold Arbor.
63(3): 292. 1982. (Proctor 1982: 292). Type. JAMAICA. [Trelawny], near Crown Lands road extension 4.5-5 miles NW of Troy, 7 Sept. 1974,
G.R. Proctor
34169 (holotype IJ!).
Type.
JAMAICA.
Wilson
"1126 aut 1155" (probably destroyed at B in 1943, no duplicate found at NY, neotype
G.R. Proctor
10429 (BM001122860), from Dolphin Head, Jamaica, designated by Wood and Scotland 2017c: 14).
Description.
Liana climbing over scrub to 5 m; stems woody, glabrous, reddish-brown. Leaves petiolate, palmately divided into 3-5(-7) petiolate leaflets, the terminal leaflet larger, leaflets 2.3-12
x
1.5-5 cm, lanceolate to oblanceolate, obovate or elliptic, acuminate-caudate, mucronate, narrowed at base into a petiole 5-10 mm long, glabrous, abaxially paler with numerous lateral veins; petioles 1.6-6 cm. Inflorescence of pedunculate, axillary cymes with 3 to many flowers, primary peduncles 2-11 cm, stout, sometimes forming a rachis of a raceme; bracteoles caducous, not seen; pedicels 0.7-3.5 cm, thickened upwards; sepals subequal coriaceous, glabrous, suborbicular-elliptic, acute, obtuse or rounded, outer 5-10 mm, inner 10-12 mm; corolla 5-6 cm long, funnel-shaped, glabrous, pink; limb 3-4.5 cm diam. Capsules ovoid, shortly rostrate, glabrous; seeds long-pilose with hairs to 12 mm.
Illustration.
Figure
107B-E
.
Figure 107.
Ipomoea horsfalliae
A
habit showing lobed leaves found in some cultivated forms.
B-E
I. lineolata
B
habit C outer sepal
D
inner sepal
E
corolla opened out to show stamens. Drawn by Rosemary Wise
A
from
Jack
4278;
B-E
from
Fosberg
42712.
Distribution.
Endemic to Jamaica where it gows in mountain woodland.
JAMAICA.
Clarendon,
G.L. Webster & G.R. Proctor
5413 (BM); Hanover,
G.R. Proctor
10429 (BM); Manchester,
Purdie
s.n. (K); Portland,
H.A. Osmaston
5101 (BM); St Andrew,
T.G. Yuncker
17184 (BM); St Ann,
G.L. Webster & G.R. Proctor
5639 (A, BM, MICH); St Catherine,
G.R. Proctor
34186 (BM); St James,
W. Stearn
31 (BM); St Thomas,
C.D. Adams
7262 (BM); Trelawny,
G.R. Proctor
21374 (BM).
Notes.
This is the Jamaica counterpart of
Ipomoea furcyensis
and
I. carolina
. It is distinguished by its (usually) broadly elliptic, ovate to obovate leaflets and slightly larger corolla.
Ipomoea lineolata
is quite variable, particularly in the number of leaflets (3-7) and in their shape (lanceolate to oblanceolate, obovate or elliptic), the leaflets narrowed to a petiolar base. The corolla varies somewhat in length but is usually 5-6 cm long and the anthers are held at the mouth of the corolla and are not clearly exserted. The inflorescence is much branched in most plants (and also in the type of
I. carmesina
) but specimens with 3-5-flowered cymes are not uncommon. It should be noted that all these populations have leaves divided into distinct leaflets with a petiolar base including the oldest specimen of wild provenance we have seen (
Purdie
s.n.) collected in November 1843.