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6993.000 Convolvulus
Description of the genus
Annual or perennial herbs with erect, prostrate or twining stems. Leaves variable, entire or lobed. Flowers axillary in 1-flowered cymes, sometimes subumbellate. Sepals 5, equal or subequal. Corolla funnel-shaped, white, pink or pinkish-purple, shallowly 5-lobed. Stamens 5, included. Ovary 2-locular. Style 1, simple, filiform; stigmas 2, linear, about the same thickness as the styles, filiform. Capsule usually 4-valved. Seeds usually 4, black or brown, usually glabrous. Worldwide: c.250 species, mostly in temperate and subtropical regions; rare in the tropics The larvae of the following species of insect eat species of this genus:
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Links to taxa (8) View: living plant images - herbarium specimen images - all images for this genus
| farinosus L. | Altitude Rainfall Geology | CES | |
| ocellatus Hook.f. var. ocellatus | Altitude Rainfall Geology | C | |
| ocellatus Hook.f. var. ornatus (Engl.) A. Meeuse | Altitude Rainfall Geology | E | |
| ocellatus Hook.f. var. plicinervius Verdc.[End][LR-lc] | Altitude Rainfall Geology | NCES | Description, Image |
| sagittatus agg. | Altitude Rainfall Geology | NWCES | Description, Image |
| sagittatus Thunb. var. sagittatus | Altitude Rainfall Geology | NWCES | |
| sagittatus Thunb. var. aschersonii (Engl.) Verdc. | Altitude Rainfall Geology | NWCE | |
| sagittatus Thunb. var. phyllosepalus Hallier f. | Altitude Rainfall Geology | E | Description, Image |
Other sources of information about Convolvulus:
Flora of Mozambique: ConvolvulusePIC (electronic Plant Information Center): Convolvulus
Flora Zambesiaca web site: Convolvulus
Google: Web - Images - Scholar
GRIN (Germplasm Resources Information Network) taxonomy for plants report for Convolvulus
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Convolvulus
Kew Herbarium catalogue: Convolvulus
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