Convolvulus asyrensis Kotschy, Sitzungsber. Kaiserl. Akad. Wiss., Math.-Naturwiss. Cl., 52: 260, pl. 5. 1866. (Kotschy 1866: 260).

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 : 189-190

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scientific name

Convolvulus asyrensis Kotschy, Sitzungsber. Kaiserl. Akad. Wiss., Math.-Naturwiss. Cl., 52: 260, pl. 5. 1866. (Kotschy 1866: 260).
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183. Convolvulus asyrensis Kotschy, Sitzungsber. Kaiserl. Akad. Wiss., Math.-Naturwiss. Cl., 52: 260, pl. 5. 1866. (Kotschy 1866: 260). Figure 23, t. 34-43

Convolvulus cephalopodus subsp. abhansis Alfarhan, Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 106; 262. 1991. ( Alfarhan 1991: 262). Type. SAUDI ARABIA, Asir, Nasher H-20 (holotype E00285433!).

Type.

SAUDI ARABIA, Asir, coll. unknown (holotype W!).

Description.

Cushion-like perennial from a woody rootstock with decumbent to ascending stems up to 75 cm long, plant densely white-tomentellous. Basal leaves petiolate, 0.3-2 × (0.1-)0.4-0.8 cm, broadly oblanceolate, acute, base cuneate, petiole up to 2 cm long; stem leaves sessile, 2-5 × 0.5-0.8 cm, similar in shape, diminishing in size upwards and merging into bracts. Inflorescence of sessile axillary clusters towards the branch tips, raceme-like; bracteoles 3 × 2 mm, elliptic, acute; outer sepals 7 × 2 mm, oblong-lanceolate, acute, pilose; inner sepals narrower (c 1 mm wide) and slightly shorter, the margins membranous; corolla 1.6-2 cm, pink or white, undulate, midpetaline bands thinly pilose; ovary comose; style glabrous; capsule comose, seeds glabrous (or puberulent fide R.R.Mill). [ Sa’ad 1967: 150; Collenette 1999: 226 (photo)]

Distribution.

Endemic to Saudi Arabia: Asir region (Collenette 1686, 4159, 6815).

Notes.

Distinguished by the cushion habit, sessile heads and usually small leaves.

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Solanales

Family

Convolvulaceae

Genus

Convolvulus

Loc

Convolvulus asyrensis Kotschy, Sitzungsber. Kaiserl. Akad. Wiss., Math.-Naturwiss. Cl., 52: 260, pl. 5. 1866. (Kotschy 1866: 260).

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

Convolvulus cephalopodus subsp. abhansis

Alfarhan 1991
1991