Convolvulus massonii F. Dietr., Nachtr. Vollst. Lex. Gaertn . 2: 377. 1816. (Dietrich 1816: 377).

Wood, John R. I., Williams, Bethany R. M., Mitchell, Thomas C., Carine, Mark A., Harris, David J. & Scotland, Robert W., 2015, A foundation monograph of Convolvulus L. (Convolvulaceae), PhytoKeys 51, pp. 1-282 : 108

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Convolvulus massonii F. Dietr., Nachtr. Vollst. Lex. Gaertn . 2: 377. 1816. (Dietrich 1816: 377).
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76. Convolvulus massonii F. Dietr., Nachtr. Vollst. Lex. Gaertn. 2: 377. 1816. (Dietrich 1816: 377). Figure 11, t. 1-7

Convolvulus saxatilis Salisb., Prodr. Stirp. Chap. Allerton 124 (1796), nom. illeg., non Convolvulus saxatilis Vahl (1794). ( Salisbury 1796: 124). Type. MADEIRA, Masson s.n. (probably BM000839753).

Convolvulus suffruticosus Dryand., Hort. Kew ed. 2 [W.T Aiton] 1: 331. 1810, nom. illeg., non Convolvulus suffruticosus Desf. (1798). ( Aiton 1810: 331).

Convolvulus massonii Type. MADEIRA, Masson s.n. (holotype BM000839753!).

Convolvulus solanifolius Lowe, Trans. Cambridge Philos. Soc. 4: 22. 1831, nom. illeg., non Convolvulus solanifolius Spreng. (1824). ( Lowe 1831: 22). Type. MADEIRA, Lowe (whereabouts uncertain).

Bucharea maderensis Raf., Fl. Tellur. 4: 84. 1838. ( Rafinesque 1838: 84). Type. Based on Convolvulus suffruticosus Dryand. ex W.T.Aiton.

Convolvulus canariensis var. massonii (F. Dietrich) Sa’ad, Meded. Bot. Mus. Herb. Rijks Univ. Utrecht 281: 250.1967. ( Sa’ad 1967: 250). Type. Based on Convolvulus massonii F. Dietr.

Type.

Based on Convolvulus suffruticosus Dryand.

Description.

Perennial undershrub with trailing or twining stems to 4 m, becoming woody below with age, the whole plant glabrous to thinly adpressed pilose on younger parts. Leaves petiolate, 4-11 × 1.5-6 cm, ovate, acute to shortly acuminate, entire, truncate to cordate at the base, more or less reticulate veined on abaxial surface, glabrous or nearly so; petioles 1.5-4 cm. Flowers 1-6, in very lax, pedunculate, axillary cymes; peduncles 3-6 cm; bracteoles 14 × 0.5-1 mm, filiform to linear; pedicels 15-30 mm; sepals 9-15 × 4-7 mm, obovate or oblanceolate, with a triangular apiculate apex; corolla 2-2.5 cm, white, unlobed, midpetaline bands pink, pilose; filaments glandular; ovary pubescent at apex, style pubescent, divided 4 mm above the base, stigmas 4 mm. Capsule large, acute c. 6 mm long, glabrous; seeds (immature), smooth, with pale reticulation. [ Jardim and Francisco 2000: 134 (photo)]

Distribution.

Endemic to Madeira (Mandon 180, Lowe 576, Press & Short 446), 400-1000 m.

Notes.

Very similar to Convolvulus canariensis but distinguished by its nearly glabrous leaves.

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Solanales

Family

Convolvulaceae

Genus

Convolvulus

Loc

Convolvulus massonii F. Dietr., Nachtr. Vollst. Lex. Gaertn . 2: 377. 1816. (Dietrich 1816: 377).

Wood, John R. I., Williams, Bethany R. M., Mitchell, Thomas C., Carine, Mark A., Harris, David J. & Scotland, Robert W. 2015
2015
Loc

Bucharea maderensis

Raf 1838
1838
Loc

Convolvulus massonii

F. Dietr., Nachtr. Vollst. Lex. Gaertn. 2: 377. 1816. (Dietrich 1816
1816
Loc

Convolvulus massonii

F. Dietr., Nachtr. Vollst. Lex. Gaertn. 2: 377. 1816. (Dietrich 1816
1816