Convolvulus floridus L.f., Suppl. Pl. 136. 1782 [ "1781" ]. (Linnaeus 1782: 136).

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171. Convolvulus floridus L.f., Suppl. Pl. 136. 1782 [ "1781"]. (Linnaeus 1782: 136). Figure 22, t. 8-15

Rhodoxylon floridum (L.f.) Raf., Fl. Tellur. 4: 80. 1838. ( Rafinesque 1838: 80). Type. Based on Convolvulus floridus L.f.

Rhodorhiza florida (L.f.) Webb, Bot. Reg. (Edwards et al.) 27(misc.): 70. 1841. ( Webb 1841: 70). Type. Based on Convolvulus floridus L.f.

Convolvulus floridus var. densiflorus Christ, Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 9: 125. 1888. ( Christ 1888: 125). Type. CANARY ISLANDS, Punta de Tenerife, Hillebert s.n. Rhodorhiza florida var. genuina Pit., in J.-C. M. Pitard & L. Proust, Iles Canaries 281. 1908, nom. illeg., superfluous name for autonymic variety. (Pitard and Proust 1908: 281).

Rhodorhiza florida var. densiflora (Christ.) Pit., in J.-C. M. Pitard & L. Proust, Iles Canaries 281 (Pitard and Proust 1908: 281). Type. Based on Convolvulus floridus var. densiflorus Christ

Rhodorhiza florida var. angustifolia Pit., in J.-C. M. Pitard & L. Proust, Iles Canaries 281. 1908. (Pitard and Proust 1908: 281). Type. CANARY ISLANDS, various syntypes cited.

Convolvulus floridus var. angustifolius (Pit.) G.Kunkel, Cuad. Bot. Canaria 28: 59. 1977 [1976]. ( Kunkel 1977: 59). Type. Based on Rhodorhiza florida var. angustifolia Pit.

Type.

CANARY ISLANDS, Masson s.n. (lectotype BM000829857!, designated by Sa’ad 1967: 110).

Description.

A branched unarmed shrub up to 4 m in height, vegetative parts shortly adpressed pubescent, somewhat glabresent on older parts. Leaves sessile, 2-14 × 0.5-2.6 cm, narrowly to broadly oblong, dark green, acute to obtuse, entire, base attenuate. Inflorescemce branches from the upper leaf axils forming a terminal, panicle-like inflorescence of branched cymes with primary branches to 7 cm long, the axes densely pubescent; bracteoles 1 × 0.5 mm, scale-like, caducous, pedicels 2-15 mm; outer sepals 4 × 2 mm, broadly lanceolate, apiculate, the margin ciliolate; inner sepals 4 × 4 mm, mucronate, elliptic or suborbicular, membranous; corolla 1.1-1.5 cm long, white, unlobed, midpetaline bands pilose; anthers exserted; ovary pilose; style pilose, divided c. 3 mm above base; stigmas c. 3 mm. Capsule acute, pilose, 1-seeded; seeds minutely hirsute. [ Sa’ad 1967: 110; Bramwell and Bramwell 2001: 262 (photo); Schönfelder and Schönfelder 1997: 174-175 (photo)]

Distribution.

Endemic to the Canary Islands: Gran Canaria, Tenerife, La Palma, La Gomera, Lanzarote, Fuerteventura (Bourgeau 1426, Asplund 721, Murray s.n. [30/4/1894]).

Notes.

A very distinctive species because of its shrubby habit and white flowers in a terminal paniculate inflorescence.