Convolvulus glomeratus var. glomeratus

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101a. Convolvulus glomeratus var. glomeratus

Ipomoea auricoma A.Rich., Tent. Fl. Abyss. 2: 65. 1850. (Richard 1850: 65). Type. ETHIOPIA, Quartin-Dillon s.n. (holotype P!; isotype BM000930475!).

Convolvulus glomeratus var. volubilis C.B.Clarke, Fl. Brit India (J.D. Hooker) 4: 249. 1884. (Clarke 1884: 249) Type. PAKISTAN, Sind, Dalzell 53. (lectotype K!, designated here).

Convolvulus faurotii Franch., J. Bot. (Morot) 1: 121. 1887 ( Franchet 1887: 121) Type. DJIBOUTI, Tadjourah, Faurot (holotype P, not seen).

Convolvulus arabicus Hochst. ex Hallier f., Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 18: 100, 1894 [pub.1893]. illegitimate superfluous name, Convolvulus glomeratus Choisy cited in synonymy ( Hallier 1894: 100). Type. Various syntypes (from an annotation on Schimper 784).

Convolvulus glomeratus var. sericeus Dinsm., Fl. Syria (G.E. Post), ed. 2, 2: 206. 1933. ( Post 1933: 206). Type. PALESTINE/ISRAEL, Engedi, Dinsmore and Usdum to Engedi, Post herbarium (syntypes BEI).

Convolvulus zargarianus Parsa, Kew Bull. 2: 214. 1948. ( Parsa 1948: 214). Type. IRAN, Bandar Abbas, Parsa 568 (holotype K!).

Convolvulus auricomus (A.Rich.) Bhandari, Bull. Bot. Surv. India 6: 327. 1964. ( Bhandari 1964: 327). Type. Based on Ipomoea auricoma A.Rich.

Convolvulus auricomus var. volubilis (C.B.Clarke) Bhandari, Bull. Bot. Surv. India 6: 327. 1964. ( Bhandari 1964: 327). Type. Based on Convolvulus glomeratus var. volubilis C.B.Clarke

Convolvulus glomeratus var. gymnospermus Sa’ad, Meded. Bot. Mus. Herb. Rijks Univ. Utrecht 281: 183.1967. ( Sa’ad 1967: 183). Type. EGYPT, Wadi Ise, Sa’ad 1398 (holotype CAIM, not seen).

Convolvulus auricomus var. ferrugineus Fl. Indian Desert 245. 1978. ( Bhandari 1978: 245). Type. INDIA, Rajasthan, Jodhpur, Bhandari 363 (holotype JAC; isotype CAL).

Distinguishing features.

Corolla 8-12 mm long; sepals usually <10 m long; pedunces usually straight.

Distribution.

A characteristic Saharo-Sindian species: Niger (Newby 62); Nigeria (Sharland 1679); Egypt (Khattab 6478, Danin s.n. [14/12/1968]); Sudan (Schweinfurth 2167); Eritrea: Doomairah Island (Courbon 385); Ethiopia (Friis et al. 10733); Djibouti (Aubert de la Rue s.n. [3/1938]); Somalia (Newbould 995); Socotra (Smith & Lavranos 724, Schweinfurth 387); Kenya (Luke 5447); Saudi Arabia (Zohrab 268); Yemen (Miller & Long 3316, Deflers 715, Smith & Lavranos 58); Oman (Radcliffe-Smith 5161); U.A.E (Heller 293); Palestine/Israel (Meyers & Dinsmore 1189, Davis 3806); Jordan (Abu Laila 38-2); Iran; Pakistan (Stocks 376, Lamond 792, Rechinger 28606); India (Santapau 16602, Shetty 2317).