Ipomoea setosa subsp. melanotricha (Brandegee)

Wood, John R. I., Munoz-Rodriguez, Pablo, Williams, Bethany R. M. & Scotland, Robert W., 2020, A foundation monograph of Ipomoea (Convolvulaceae) in the New World, PhytoKeys 143, pp. 1-823 : 1

216c. Ipomoea setosa subsp. melanotricha (Brandegee) J.R.I. Wood & Scotland, comb. & stat. nov

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Ipomoea melanotricha Brandegee , Univ. Cal. Publ. Bot. 4: 381. 1913. (Brandegee 1913: 381).

Type.

MEXICO. [Veracruz], Zacuapan, C.A. Purpus 5747 (holotype UC163009, isotypes BM, F, GH, MO, NY, US).

Diagnosis. Leaves 5-7(-9)-lobed. Sepals densely covered in fleshy spines. Corolla large, 6.5-10 cm long.

Distribution.

Restricted to Mexico, where it occurs sporadically at low altitudes below 700 m in forest and on forest margins.

MEXICO. Chiapas: D.E. Breedlove 28568 (MO); Arriaga, J.C. Soto et al. 13202 (BM); Tonala, C.A. Purpus 6905 (BM). Durango: Montes de Oca, G.B. Hinton 9896 (K). Guerrero: La Unión, J.C. Soto et al. 6018 (IEB, MEXU). Jalisco: Santa Cruz de Vallarta, Y. Mejia 1246 (BM). Michoacán: G.B. Hinton 12613 (K); Timalcota, E. Langlassé 680 (K). Oaxaca: Pochutla, A. Sánchez Martínez et al. 1079 (IEB, MEXU); Tehuantepec, M. Elorsa 1243 (MEXU). Sinaloa: J.M. & E. Aguilar 1264 (MEXU). Tamaulipas: J.A. McDonald 604 (IEB). Veracruz: Salto de Eyipantla, San Andrés Tuxtla, M. Nee 23606 (BM); Zacuapan, C.A. Purpus 5747(BM); F. Ventura 2580 (MICH); P. Zamora & J. López 3521 (IEB).