Ipomoea fasciculata
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Ipomoea fasciculata |
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422. Ipomoea fasciculata View in CoL J.R.I. Wood & Scotland, Phytokeys 88: 18. 2017. (Wood et al. 2017d: 18)
Type.
BRAZIL. Pernambuco, Agrestina, Inselberg Pedra Cabeça de Velho, P. Gomes, M. Alves & B. Maciel 658 (holotype RB00601358, isotype UFP).
Description.
Climbing perennial, stem minutely puberulent, glabrescent. Leaves petiolate, 2.5-5.5 × 2.4-5 cm, ovate, cordate with rounded auricles, apex acute, margin undulate to minutely denticulate, both surfaces shortly puberulent but more densely so on the abaxial veins, abaxially paler; petioles 1-4.5 cm, thinly puberulent. Inflorescence of pedunculate axillary cymes reduced to pedunculate clusters; peduncles 3.5-5.5 cm, puberulent; bracteoles 5 × 1.5 mm, lanceolate, acuminate, scarious, caducous; pedicels 1-3 mm, pubescent; sepals slightly unequal, glabrous; outer 5-6 × 3 mm, ovate, mucronate, abaxially slightly muricate, margin scarious, inner 6-8 × 4-6 mm. oblong-elliptic, rounded and mucronate, entirely scarious except central area; corolla c. 5 cm long, pink, funnel-shaped, glabrous, limb 3 cm diam.; stamens included; longer filaments 12-15 mm, shorter c. 10 mm. Capsules ovoid, rostrate, 5 × 3 mm with 1 mm long mucro, glabrous; seeds not seen.
Illustration.
Figure 207 View Figure 207 .
Distribution.
Only known from a single inselberg in north eastern Brazil.
BRAZIL. Pernambuco: Only known from the type collection.
Note.
Distinct because of clustered flowers, prominently mucronate, small, scarious sepals and small, rostrate capsules.
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