Ipomoea spectata

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

318. Ipomoea spectata McDonald, Harvard Pap. Bot. 4: 49. 1993. (McDonald 1993b: 49)

Quamoclit coccinea var. jaliscana House , Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 36. 601. 1909. (House 1909b: 601). Type. MEXICO. Jalisco, between San Sebastián and summit of Mount Bufa de Mascota, E.W. Nelson 4094 (holotype US00111496).

Ipomoea hastigera var. jaliscana (House) O'Donell , Lilloa 29: 45, 1959. ( O’Donell 1959a: 45).

Type.

Based on Quamoclit coccinea var. jaliscana House

Diagnosis. Distinguished from I. hastigera by the sagittate or hastate leaves, extended inflorescence with secondary peduncles 2-12 mm long, outer sepals 5-6 × 3-5 mm, the corolla tube 2.7-3 cm, the limb deeply lobed, 2.5-3 cm diam. Capsules at least sometimes with a persistent style.

Distribution.

Endemic to central Mexico occurring in and near the Sierra Manantlán at around 1500-2000 m where it grows seasonally moist pine and oak woodland.

MEXICO. Jalisco: San Sebastián, Y. Mexia 1439 (BM, F, MO, US); H.H. Iltis et al. 1291 (WIS); J. Villa et al. 116 (MICH); O. Téllez et al. 13763 (MEXU). Michoacán: Coalcomán, G.B. Hinton 12729 (K); Villa Victoria, E. Carranza & I. Silva 7087 (IEB). Nayarit: Tepic, Cerro San Juan, O. Téllez et al. 12380 (IEB, MO); ibid., G. Flórez & O. Ramírez 2357 (MO); ibid., G. Flórez & R. Ruenes 1943 (IEB).