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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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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340b.
Ipomoea amnicola
subsp.
chiliantha
(Hallier f.) J.R.I. Wood & Scotland, comb. & stat. nov
urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:
Ipomoea chiliantha Hallier
f
.
, Bull. Herb. Boiss. 7
(5), append. 1: 50. 1899. (Hallier 1899c: 50). Type. PARAGUAY. "Villa occidental",
Lorentz
s.n. (holotype B†, lectotype GOET, designated by Wood et al. 2015: 29).
Type.
Based on
Ipomoea chiliantha Hallier
f
.
Diagnosis.
Inflorescence of usually long pedunculate, axillary cymes, sometimes compounded; peduncles 5-13 cm; outer sepals c. 6
x
4 mm long, inner c. 7
x
5 mm; corolla 4-5.5 cm long, pink, darker in the centre, limb 3-3.5 cm diam.; seeds 7
x
4 mm.
Illustration.
Figure
163
;
O'Donell
(1959b: 147) as
Ipomoea chiliantha
.
Figure 163.
Ipomoea amnicola subsp. chiliantha
.
A
habit
B
outer sepal
C
inner sepal
D
corolla opened out to show stamens
E
ovary and style
F
fruiting cyme
G
fruiting calyx and capsule. Drawn by Rosemary Wise
A
E from
Mereles
162;
B-D
from
Petersen
5497;
F, G
from
Mereles
2550.
Distribution.
This subspecies seems to prefer seasonally flooded swampy ground both in Bolivia, Paraguay and the Brazilian Pantanal.
ARGENTINA. Misiones
:
T.M. Pedersen
5497 (C, S).
Chaco
: Isla Anequera,
A. Krapovickas & C.
Cristobal
12733 (CTES),
A. G. Schulz
2059 (CTES, LIL).
Formosa
: Dept. Pilcomayo,
C.
Cristobal
et al.
2146 (CTES),
Santa Fe
:
Pensiero & Tivano
3212 (CTES).
Corrientes
: Dept. Capital,
S.G. Tressens et al.
769 (CTES, MO).
PARAGUAY. Alto Paraguay
: Est. Cerrito,
F. Mereles
7006 (FCQ).
Central
:
Ypacarai
,
E. Hassler
11582 (BM, K), 12532 (BM).
Concepcion
: San Luis:
K. Fiebrig
4485A (BM, K, MO).
Cordillera
:
E. Hassler
1856 (K);
E. Zardini & U.
Velazquez
(MO).
Presidente Hayes
: Est. Santa Maria del 12,
M.
Pena-Chocarro
et al.
2565 (BM, FCQ); km 130, Ruta Transchaco,
F. Mereles
2244 (CTES), Puente Remanso,
F. Mereles
4460 (FCQ); km 58, Ruta Transchaco,
A. Krapovickas & C.
Cristobal
43220 (CTES, F, FCQ, K).
San Pedro
: abundant in plain west of Com. 25 de Diciembre,
J.R.I. Wood & G.
Gonzalez
28473 (FCQ); between
Rio
Apa y
Rio
Aquidaban,
K. Fiebrig
4483 (BM).
BRAZIL. Mato Grosso do Sul
: Puerto Murtinho
,
Robert
885
(K).
BOLIVIA. Beni
: Cercado, Puerto Varodor,
Maldonado et al.
58 (LPB).
Santa Cruz
: Chiquitos, El Tinto-Quimome,
J.R.I. Wood & B. Williams
(OXF, K, LPB, USZ);
German
Busch: Yacuses,
J.R.I. Wood & D. Villarroel
25541 (K, LPB, UB, USZ);
Nuflo
de
Chavez
J.R. Abbott
16966 (BOLV, HSB, LPB, MO, USZ); Puente San Miguelito,
J.R.I. Wood et al.
27743 (OXF, K, LPB, USZ).
Note.
Subsp.
chiliantha
has the appearance of a large-flowered
subsp.
amnicola
and intermediates occur particularly in the
Corumba
region.
Parada
et al.
947 (USZ, MO, OXF) from Carmen Rivero
Torrez
and
Wood & Pozo
26078 (K, LPB, UB, USZ) from San
Jose
de Chiquitos are examples from Bolivia but intermediates appear more commonly in the Brazilian Pantanal.
• Species 341-343 comprise a small clade with distinctive ribbed sepals