Convolvulus althaeoides subsp. althaeoides

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22a. Convolvulus althaeoides subsp. althaeoides

Convolvulus gracilis Salisb., Prodr. Stirp. Chap. Allerton 124. 1796, superfluous name for Convolvulus althaeoides L. ( Salisbury 1796: 124). Type. FRANCE, Sète [Cette], collector and whereabouts unknown.

Convolvulus bryonifolius Sims, Bot. Mag. t. 943. 1806. ( Sims 1806: t. 943).

Convolvulus althaeoides subsp. althaeoides Type. Cultivated at Brompton, t. 943 ( Sims 1806) based on a cultivated plant of uncertain origin.

Convolvulus hirsutus Tenore, Fl. Napol. 1: 60, t. 15. 1811-15, nom. illeg., non Convolvulus hirsutus M.Bieb. (1808). ( Tenore 1811-15: 60). Type. ITALY, Capri and Ischia, Tenore s.n. (NAP).

Convolvulus argyraeus DC., in Lamarck & de Candolle, Fl. Franc. ed. 3. 6: 423. 1815. (Lamarck and de Candolle 1815: 423). Type. ITALY, Calabria (holotype G?).

Convolvulus italicus Roem. & Schult., Syst. Veg, ed. 15 bis [Roemer & Schultes] 4: 266. 1819. ( Roemer and Schultes 1819: 266). Type. Based on Convolvulus hirsutus Tenore

Convolvulus alceifolius Bory & Chaub., Nouv. Fl. Pélop. 14. 1838. ( Bory and Chaubard 1838: 14). Type. GREECE, between Koron and Modon, Chaubard s.n. (lectotype P00608773!, designated by Sa’ad 1967: 212).

Convolvulus althaeoides var. nanus Choisy, Prodr. [A.P. de Candolle] 9: 409. 1845. ( Choisy 1845: 409). Type. Not specified.

Convolvulus althaeoides var. hirsutus Choisy, Prodr. [A.P. de Candolle] 9: 409. 1845. ( Choisy 1845: 409). Type. Based on Convolvulus hirsutus Tenore

Convolvulus althaeoides var. ferrugineus Choisy, Prodr. [A.P. de Candolle] 9: 409. 1845. ( Choisy 1845: 409). Type. Not specified.

Convolvulus althaeoides var. sericeus Choisy, Prodr. [A.P. de Candolle] 9: 409. 1845. ( Choisy 1845: 409). Type. Image in Thesaurus botanicus, t. 57. ( Trattinnick 1805-1819).

Convolvulus althaeoides var. argyreus Choisy, Prodr. [A.P. de Candolle] Prodr. 9: 409. 1845. ( Choisy 1845: 409). Type. Based on Convolvulus argyraeus DC.

Convolvulus althaeoides var. angustisectus Pamp., Bull. Soc. Bot. Ital. 1914: 15.1914. ( Pampanini 1914: 15). Type. LIBYA, Ras Tecut, Pampanini 3729 (holotype FI).

Convolvulus althaeoides var. albidiflorus Braun-Blanq. & Maire, Bull. Soc. Hist. Nat Afrique N. 13: 19. 1922. ( Braun-Blanquet and Maire 1922: 19). Type. MOROCCO, Djebbel Amsitten, S de Mogador, Maire s.n. (holotype RAB 078144!).

Convolvulus althaeoides var. repandus Faure & Maire, Bull. Soc. Hist. Nat Afrique N. 23: 200. 1932. ( Maire 1932: 200). Type. ALGERIA, Oran, Faure s.n. (holotype MPU 002967!).

Convolvulus althaeoides var. dissectus Faure & Maire, Bull. Soc. Hist. Nat Afrique N. 23: 200. 1932. ( Maire 1932: 200). Type. ALGERIA, Lamoricière, Faure s.n. (holotype MPU 002968!).

Convolvulus althaeoides subsp. darnitanus Maire, Bull. Soc. Hist. Nat Afrique N. 30: 293 ( Maire and Weiller 1939: 293). Type. LIBYA, Cyrenaica, Wadi Derna, Maire & Weller 1117 (holotype MPU!).

Distinguishing features.

Variably hirsute but hairs not appressed and sericeous. Leaves variously dissected but lobes not linear. [ Feinbrun-Dothan 1978: plate 64; Tohmé and Tohmé 2007: 213 (photo); Silvestre 2012: 257; Siddiqi 1977: 9 (Figure 3); Strid and Strid 2009: 390-391 (plate); Pignatti 1982: 389; Boulos 2000: 331].

Distribution.

Madeira (MacGilvray 54); Canary Islands (Gilli 23/6/1977); Portugal (Moller 1177); Spain ( Beltrán s.n. [5/1933]); France (Salis 1821); Sardinia (Titchen 123); Italy (Fiori & Beguinot 2145); Sicily (Zerny 337); Malta-Gozo (Hepper 4818); Morocco (Balls 2935); Algeria (Faure s.n. [30/4/1920], Choulette 375); Tunisia (Buxbaum & Schussnig s.n. [18/4/1924]); Libya (Pampanini 6179); Egypt (Boulos 19773); Palestine/Israel (Meyers & Dinsmore 620); Syria (Gombault 3998); Jordan (Swann s.n.[4/1976]); Lebanon (fide Tohmé and Tohmé 2007); Turkey (Davis 41803); Crete (Barclay 3637); Rhodes (Bourgeau s.n.[16/5/1871]); Cyprus (Sintenis & Rigo 59). Naturalised in the United States of America: California (True & Howell 7467).