292. Ipomoea seducta House Ann. New York Acad. Sci. 18: 241. 1908. (House 1908b: 241)

Type.

GUATEMALA. Altaverapaz, H. von Tűrckheim 7926 (holotype NY00547070, isotypes GH, K, MICH, US).

Description.

Perennial twining herb to 5 m, stems glabrous, somewhat wiry. Leaves petiolate, 3-11 × 2.5-9 cm, ovate with long acuminate apex, cordate, glabrous, frequently enclosing the inflorescence; petioles 0.3-5 cm, glabrous. Inflorescence of solitary (rarely in cymes of 2-3) axillary flowers; peduncles 0.3-5 cm, often penetrating the leaf sinus; bracteoles scale-like, c. 1 mm; pedicels 6-8 mm; sepals unequal, the outer 3-4 × 2-3 mm, ovate, acute, the inner 7-9 × 3-4 mm, elliptic; corolla 5-6 cm long, funnel-shaped, flaring from near the base, lilac-purple, glabrous, limb 4-5 cm diam. Capsules c. 12 × 10 mm, conical, rostrate; seeds 6-7 × 3-4 mm, puberulent and minutely ciliolate on margins.

Distribution.

Deciduous forest up to 2200 m from central Mexico south to Honduras.

EL SALVADOR. La Libertad, hacia Túneles, A. Molina 21447 (F).

HONDURAS. Comayagua, C. Nelson 7454 (MO).

GUATEMALA. Cobán . Alta Verapaz, H. von Türckheim 101 (K), Cubilquitz, 7926 (K); Cañon del Río Chixoy, L.O. Williams et al. 40563 (MO).

MEXICO. Chiapas: E.W. Nelson 3403 (US); D.E. Breedlove 10069 (F). Colima: Comala, Rancho El Jabali, A.C. Sanders et al. 10647 (K, MO); L. Vásquez 370 (MEXU). Guerrero: Galeana, Tecpán, G.B. & J.C. Hinton 10813 (GBH, K). Jalisco: R. McVaugh 26396 (MICH); San Sebastián, Y. Mexia 1643 (BM, US). Michoacán: Coalcomán, G.B. Hinton et al. 12700 (F, K, MO, US), ibid., 12332 (K); ibid., E. Carranza & I. Silva 6926 (IEB, MEXU). Nayarit: Tepic-Miramar, S. Aguilar 89 (MEXU); ibid., E. Carranza et al. 6124 (IEB, MEXU). Oaxaca: Santa María Chimalapa, H. Hernández 2121 (MO). Sinaloa: Concordia, A.C. Sanders et al. 4542 (UCR).

Note.

Identical to Ipomoea dumosa apart from the funnel-shaped corolla with included stamens. Some specimens, especially from Guerrero, Michoacán and Est. Mexico, are rather arbitrarily placed here or in I. dumosa .