Convolvulus kurdistanicus Mozaff., Pakistan J. Bot. 34: 395, f. 2. 2002. (Mozaffarian 2002: 395).

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128. Convolvulus kurdistanicus Mozaff., Pakistan J. Bot. 34: 395, f. 2. 2002. (Mozaffarian 2002: 395).

Type.

IRAN, Kermanshah, Mozaffarian 79475 (holotype TARI).

Description.

Perennial undershrub with woody taproot, from which arise many sericeous stems to 50 cm. Basal leaves unknown; stem leaves sessile, 20-40 cm long, linear-filiform. Flowers 3-5 in axillary and terminal dichasial cymes; bracteoles linear, acute; sepals 8 mm long (fide description) or 4-4.5 mm (fide illustration), ovate, mucronate, glabrous; corolla c. 1.8 cm long, white, midpetaline bands pubescent; ovary glabrous; style glabrous, much longer than stigmas (fide illustration). Capsule glabrous, 1-seeded.

Distribution.

Iran; Iraq (Rawi 5720).

Notes.

We have not seen the type material. Rawi 5720 is annotated in the Kew herbarium as " Convolvulus leptocladus subsp. glabrisepalus Kandemir" and seems to fit perfectly with Convolvulus kurdistanicus as long as the sepals of Convolvulus kurdistanicus are the more probable 4.5 mm long (as illustrated), rather than 8 mm long as described. Convolvulus kurdistanicus is also extremely close to Convolvulus koieanus differing only in the glabrous ovary. As Convolvulus kurdistanicus and Convolvulus koieanus grow in neighbouring provinces of Iran, it seems quite possible that they will prove to beconspecific.