Ipomoea ramosissima (Poir.) Choisy, Prodr.
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https://doi.org/10.22244/rheedea.2024.34.05.06 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03C89A1D-721E-BE6B-FF2A-FF563FA49A90 |
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Felipe |
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scientific name |
Ipomoea ramosissima (Poir.) Choisy, Prodr. |
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31. Ipomoea ramosissima (Poir.) Choisy, Prodr. View in CoL 9: 377. 1845. Fig. 6k–m View Fig
Flowering & fruiting: Flowering and fruiting from April to July.
Distribution: It is distributed throughout tropical America until South Argentina, being more common in the south of Ecuador, rare in Central America. It grows along forest edges and other disturbed areas ( Wood et al., 2020). Its occurrence is confirmed throughout almost the entire Brazilian territory, in the Amazon, Caatinga, Cerrado, Atlantic Forest and Pampa domains ( Bandeira et al., 2019; Simão-Bianchini et al., 2024). In the state of Paraíba, it is a rare species, occurring in just two municipalities in the IR of Cajazeiras in Caatinga vegetation.
Specimens examined: BRAIL, Cajazeiras, Parque Ecológico Engenheiros Ávidos, PlatÔ da Serra do
Cruzeiro, 6º59’33,8”S, 38º28’41,4’’W, 24.04.2008,
fl. & fr., Á.N.T. Bandeira 94 (HACAM!); São
José de Piranhas, AÇude Engenheiro Ávidos,
07.07.2010, fl., A. P. Fontana 6935 ( HVASF digital image!) .
Notes: Herbaceous vine recognized for being completely glabrous or glabrescent, with umbellate cymes, sepals, unequal, chartaceous, the outer elliptical and the inner obovate, and corolla c. 2 cm long, infundibuliform to campanulate, glabrous, pink to pale lilac and included stamens.
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Harvard University - Arnold Arboretum |
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Museum National d' Histoire Naturelle, Paris (MNHN) - Vascular Plants |
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Universidade Federal do Vale do São Francisco |
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