Ipomoea obscura var. obscura

Taxonavigation

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Taxonavigation: Solanales 
Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Eudicots
Cladus: Core eudicots
Cladus: Asterids
Cladus: Lamiids
Ordo: Solanales

Familia: Convolvulaceae
Tribus: Ipomoeeae
Genus: Ipomoea
Species: Ipomoea obscura
Varietates: I. o. var. demissa – I. o. var. obscura – I. o. var. sagittifolia

Name

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Ipomoea obscura (L.) Ker Gawl., Bot. Reg. 3: t. 239 (1817).

Synonyms

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Basionym
  • Convolvulus obscurus L., Sp. Pl., ed. 2, 1: 220 (1762).

Distribution

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Native distribution areas:
  • Continental: Asia-Temperate
      • China (Guangdong, Hainan, Nanhai Zhudao, Yunnan), Taiwan, Cambodia, India, Bangladesh, Indonesia, Laos, Myanmar [Burma], Andamans (Middle Andamans, South Andamans), Nepal, New Guinea, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Vietnam, Laos, peninsular Malaysia (scattered), Singapore, Java, Sumatra, Sulawesi, Borneo, Lesser Sunda Isl., Moluccas, Christmas Isl., Oman (Dhofar, Mascat & Oman), Saudi Arabia (Asir), Yemen (Aden Desert, Tihama, W-Yemen)
  • Continental: Africa
      • Central African Republic, Sudan, South Sudan, Ivory Coast, Gambia, Senegal, Ghana, Congo (Brazzaville), Sierra Leone, Liberia, Togo, Burkina Faso, Benin, Niger, Nigeria, Mauritania, Guinea-Bissau, ?Guinea, Chad, Cameroon, Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, Zanzibar, Pemba Isl., Botswana, Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Angola, South Africa (Limpopo, North-West Prov., Gauteng, Mpulamanga, Free State, KwaZulu-Natal, N-Cape Prov., E-Cape Prov.), Swaziland, Namibia, Mauritius, La Runion, Rodrigues, Madagascar, Socotra, Ethiopia, Eritrea, Comores (Mayotte, etc.), Egypt (SE-Egypt), Cape Verde Isl. (Santo Antao Isl., Ilha de Maio, Ilha de Sao Tiago, Fogo Isl.)

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

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Primary references

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Vernacular names

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Afrikaans: Wildepatat
English: Obscure Morning Glory, Small White Morning Glory
தமிழ்: தாளிக்கீரை
 
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