Ipomoea quamoclit L.

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Photo: Bart Wursten
Crocodile Farm, Kariba

Photo: Karl van Laeren
5, Wilmar Drive, Chisipite, Harare

Synonyms:	Quamoclit pennata (Desr.) Bojer
Common names:	Cardinal climber (English) Cypress vine (English)
Description:	Twining glabrous annual herb. Pseudostipules present. Leaves deeply pinnatifid with 8-15 pairs of narrowly linear segments. Lamina ovate to elliptic in outline. Inflorescence of 1-5 flowered axillary cymes. Pedicels swollen towards the apex. Sepals oblong-elliptic with a short mucro. Corolla red, salver-shaped; tube 2-3 cm; limb c. 2 cm in diameter; stamens exserted. Capsules ovoid, beaked, glabrous.
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Derivation of specific name:	quamoclit:
Flowering time:
Worldwide distribution:	Mexico to Central America.
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Insects associated with this species:
Spot characters:	Display spot characters for this species
Literature:	Austin, D.A. (2013). The Origin of Quamoclit (Ipomoea quamoclit), Convolvulaceae): A Review. Economic Botany 67(1) Pages 63 - 79. (Includes a picture). Ntore, S. & al. (2024). Checklist of the vascular plants of Burundi Page 89. Wood, J.R.I. et al. (2020). A foundation monograph of Ipomoea (Convolvulaceae) in the New World. PhytoKeys 143 Page 559.

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