Ipomoea longeramosa Choisy, Prodr.

A. P. S, Lima, M. T. A., Buril & Melo, J. I. M. de, 2024, Synopsis of Ipomoea (Convolvulaceae) in the state of Paraíba, Brazilian Northeastern, Rheedea 34 (5), pp. 430-456 : 445-448

21. Ipomoea longeramosa Choisy, Prodr. 9: 3845. 1845. Fig. 5c

Flowering & fruiting: Flowering from March to

December; fruiting from April to September.

Distribution: It occurs in Bolivia, Brazil, Cuba, Guyana, Dominican Republic and Venezuela, being more frequent in Brazil, mainly in the

Northeast region ( Wood et al., 2020). In Brazil,

it is found in the Amazon, Caatinga and Cerrado domains, with no records only in the southern region of the country ( Simão-Bianchini et al., 2024). In Paraíba, it is common in the 4 IRs in areas of Caatinga, from preserved to anthropic areas, but always with small populations. It is a creeper, but sometimes grows on bushes.

Specimens examined: BRAZIL, Araruna, estrada de acesso à Pedra da Boca , 16.07.2003, fl. & fr., A .

Almeida et al. 410 (EAN!); Nova Palmeira, Sítio

Porteiras, propriedade de Zé de Pedro, 19.07.2022,

fl., A. P. S. Lima 41 ( HACAM!); Patos, Sítio Farinha dos Gatos, 21.04.2011, fl. & fr., F. Lucena et al. 38

(CSRT!); Sousa, 22.04.1982, fl., M. A. Sousa 1119

(JPB).

Notes: Herbaceous vines easily recognized by the combination of the following characters: simple leaves, deeply 5–7-palmatilobed, uniflorous (sometimes 2-flowered), flowers with lanceolate sepals, corolla 1.5–3 cm long, infundibuliform, glabrous, yellow with a vinaceous tube and stamens included.

Figures

Fig. 5. a. Ipomoea incarnata (Vahl) Choisy: Habit. b. I. indica (Burm) Merril, Flower–side view. c. I. longeramosa Choisy, Habit. d. I. marcellia Meisner: Flower, emphasizing the funnelform corolla with extended stamens. e-f. I. nil (L.) Roth: e. Flower, top view; f. Flower, side view. g. I. parasitica (Kunth) G. Don: Habit. h. I. pes-caprae (L.) R.Br.: Flower,top view. i. I. quamoclit L.: Pinatisect leaf and hypocrateriform corolla with exserted stamens.j. I. rosea Choisy:Inflorescence.k & m. I. sericosepala J.R.I.Wood & R.W.Scotland: k. Reproductive branch;m. Fruits.l. I. setosa Ker-Gawl.:Reproductive branch.n. I. vespertilia F.D.Santos,G.C.Delgado-Júnior & Buril:Inflorescence,emphasizing the geniculate corolla (Photos a. J.I.M. Melo; b, g, i, m. F.K.S.Monteiro; c, f, j. A.P.S. Lima; d-e, k. M.G.M. Gonçalves; h. I.C.M. Albuquerque; l, n. F.C. Pinheiro).