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Ipomoea nil (L.) Roth
Family : CONVOLVULACEAE
Protologue : Catal. Bot. 1: 36 (1797)
Information on the genus : Ipomoea
Basionym : Convolvulus nil L.
 
 
Status
Status for MA : accepted (naturalised)
Status for SA : accepted (naturalised-introduced)
Status for TA : accepted (naturalised-introduced)
 
Synonym(s) Homotypic
 Convolvulus nil L. (1762)
 Pharbitis nil (L.) Choisy (1833)
 
Synonym(s) Heterotypic
=Ipomoea hederacea auct.
=Ipomoea githaginea A. Rich. (1850)
=Ipomoea nil var. inaequalis (Beck) Cufod.
=Ipomoea githaginea var. inaequalis Beck
=Ipomoea scabra Forssk. (1775)
=Ipomoea hederacea Baker & Rendle (1905)
 
Ecology and distribution
South. Afr.
Biol./Eco : annual-Herb, Climber- Length 0.5 - 2 m. Alt: 1000 - 1525 m. Distribution: NC
Mada.
Biol./Eco : Herb; Subhumid, Dry; uncertain; 0-499 m, 500-999 m; distribution: Naturalised in Madagascar.

Bibliography for Tropical Africa :
  • (1963). Flora of Tropical East Africa Convolvulaceae: 113-114
  • Darbyshire, I. Kordofami, M. & al. (2015). The plants of Sudan and south Sudan, An annoted checklist. Kew Publishing
 
More info on :
see under Jstor_African Plant Initiative
see under Fgui
see under The International Plant Name Index
see under Catalogue de Madagascar
see under Tropicos.org. Missouri Botanical Garden
see under Flora of Zimbabwe
 
Map
carte afrique num 8824
 
Record n°8824 modified 2009-06-17
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