Advancing knowledge of West African morning glories: a taxonomic account of Ipomoea (Convolvulaceae) from Ghana B. D., Williams R. C., Francisco B., Mewded C. P., Oppong C. B., Ayensu C. W., Masinde D. B., Chukwuma A. G., Deresa D. D., Yeboah F., Rasaminirina U. P., Igho-Osagie M. J., Korir K. B., Antwi-Boasiako R. A., Mfodwo A. S. M., Mutegeki P., Atta-Adjei P. K., Akomatey S., Kumordzie R., Borosova C., Tang A., Asase G., Ameka Simões, A. R. G. Rheedea 2024 2024-12-31 34 5 397 429 3PVLL Hallier f., Bot. Jahrb. Syst. Magnoliopsida Convolvulaceae Ipomoea Plantae Solanales 10 407 Tracheophyta species argentaurata    K000097041, isolectotypeB †?). Perennial herbs, or subshrub. Stems prostrate or ascending from a woody base, densely whitishtomentose with hispid yellow hairs. Leaves simple, oblong, ovate to lanceolate, 2–7 × 0.5–2.5 cm, base rounded, subcordate or cordate, apex attenuate, mucronate; densely strigose on the upper surface and deep green, silvery-silky below; petioles 0.5– 1.6 cm. Inflorescences bracteate, heads of flowers large, densely strigose, with long golden-yellow hairs; bracteoles 10–28 × 4–14 mmlong, hairy like the calyx. Sepals linear-lanceolate or almost linear, acuminate, silky white on the back, with yellow strigose margins. Corolla large, funnel-shaped, whitish turning light purplish with darker centre, c. 3 cmlong, midpetaline bands strigose outside. Fruits 4-valved, glabrous; seeds covered with a dense dark brown pubescence.   Fig. 5. DiStribution reCordS of  I. heterotrichaDidr.,  I. argentaurataHallier,  I. delpierreiDeWild.and  I. involucrataP.Beauv.in Ghana.   Fig. 6. DiStribution reCordS of  I. albaL.,  I. hederifoliaL.and  I. quamoclitL. in Ghana.  Vernacular names: ukpali, fárín gámó, (Dagani, Dyokogye, Hausa, Ghana); good luck(English) ( Burkill, 1985).  Flowering & fruiting: Begins flowering and fruiting in June but mostly from August to December ( Heine, 1963).  Habitat:  Aclimber, growing primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome; in savanna habitat ( Heine, 1963). They can grow up to elevations of   500 m.  Distribution: Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Ghana, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Togo, Benin, Guinea-Bissau, Burkina Faso, Mali and Senegal(Hassler 2022, POWO,  2024). In Ghana: Northern, Brong Ahafo, Eastern, Upper Eastand Upper Westregions ( Fig. 5).  Specimens examined:  GHANA.  Northern Region, Damango, a yam farm near the Molegame reserve, Savannahgrasslands,  06.12.1965,  A. A .  Enti 35162(GC); Kwahu-Tafo, Grassland on flat rocks at 1500’,  19.08.1963,  J .  B. Hall0098 (GC);  Yendi,  28.12.1950,  C.D. Adams& G. K. Akpabla4051 (GC); Tamale, Tamale Girls School compound,  01.10.1954,   E. G. Asare5934 ( GC);  Eastern region, Kwahu-Abowom, on rocks by a pool, 12.06.1970,  Hall & Agyakwa39684 (GC).  Conservation status: Notevaluated.  Uses:The whole plant is used as genital stimulant or depressant; a decoction of aerial parts is drunk while kola nuts are eaten, in Ivory Coast, in the belief that it promotes spermatogenesis; other uses are mainly superstitious, as medicine for witchcraft, worn as an amulet, for example; clothing is fumigated with it, not as a scent, but as a charm for the same purpose, or for luck; in Bénin, a leaf decoction together with leaves of  Ficus vallischoudaeDelile, is drunk to treat hyperthermia and a decoction of the leafy twigs is taken to treat kwashiorkor ( Burkill, 1985). Nigeria NIGERIA 10 407 2 lectotype [790,1098,431,458] K 10 407 K000097041 1 isolectotype A 500 11 408 500 Ghana Upper East 11 408 1 Upper East 1965-06-12 A Ghana Damango Savannah Mole 11 408 1 Northern 1963-08-19 J 11 408 1 [1160,1175,476,489] 1963-08-19 B true 11 408 1 [797,1391,503,530] 1950-12-28 C, G, K 11 408 1 E, G, GC Kwahu-Abowom 11 408 1 Ash Sharqiyah