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Cypress vine (Ipomoea quamoclit)

Dlium Cypress vine (Ipomoea quamoclit)

Cypress vine (Ipomoea quamoclit) is a species of plant in the Convolvulaceae, a herbaceous, climbing plant, growing up to 3 meters tall. The leaves are up to 10 cm long, up to 6 cm wide, with 9-19 notches on each side. The flowers are 3 cm long, 2.5 cm wide, red or white, and trumpet-shaped with 5 petals.

Kingdom: Plantae
Phylum: Tracheophyta
Subphylum: Angiospermae
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Solanales
Family: Convolvulaceae
Subfamily: Convolvuloideae
Tribe: Ipomoeeae
Genus: Ipomoea
Species: Ipomoea quamoclit L. in Sp. Pl.: 159 (1753)



Homotypic Synonyms

Convolvulus pennatifolius Salisb. in Prodr. Stirp. Chap. Allerton: 124 (1796), nom. illeg. superfl.
Convolvulus pennatus Desr. in J.B.A.M.de Lamarck, Encycl. 3: 567 (1792), nom. illeg. superfl.
Convolvulus quamoclit (L.) Spreng. in Syst. Veg., ed. 16. 1: 591 (1824)
Quamoclit pennata Bojer in Hortus Maurit.: 224 (1837), nom. illeg. superfl.
Quamoclit quamoclit (L.) Britton in N.L.Britton & A.Brown, Ill. Fl. N. U.S. 3: 22 (1898), not validly publ.
Quamoclit vulgaris Choisy in Mém. Soc. Phys. Genève 6: 434 (1833 publ. 1834)[Conv. Or.: 52]

Heterotypic Synonyms

Incarvillea argyi H.Lév. in Bull. Géogr. Bot. 2: 292 (1914)
Clitocyamos pinnatifidus St.-Lag. in Ann. Soc. Linn. Lyon 7: 128 (1880)
Convolvulus pennifolius Drapiez in Encycl. Fl. Serr. Angl. 3: ? (1835)
Ipomoea cyamoclita St.-Lag. in Ann. Soc. Linn. Lyon 7: 128 (1880)
Ipomoea erecta Michx. in J. Hist. Nat. 1: 410 (1792)
Ipomoea quamoclit var. pectinata (Hallier f.) Ooststr. in Fl. Males., Ser. 1, Spermat. 4: 482 (1953)
Quamoclit pennata var. pectinata Hallier f. in Verslag Staat 's Lands Plantentuin Buitenzorg 1895: 131 (1896)
Quamoclit vulgaris var. albiflora G.Don in Gen. Hist. 4: 260 (1837)

Publications:

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Biju, S.D. (2002). Lectotypification of two Linnaean specific names in Convolvulaceae. Taxon 51: 755-756.

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Clarke, C.B. in Hooker, J.D. (1883). Fl. Br. India Convolvulaceae. Flora of British India 4: 179-228 + 734.

Deroin, T. (2001). Convolvulaceae. Flore de Madagascar et des Comores (Plantes Vasculaires) 171: 11-287. Typographie Firmin-Didot et Cie., Paris.

Dobignard, A. & C. Chatelain in Dobignard, A. & Chatelain, C. (2011). Convolvulaceae. Index synonymique de la flore d'Afrique du nord 3: 331-351. Conservatoire et Jardin Botanique de la ville de Genève.

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Fosberg, F.R. & Sachet. M.-H. (1977). Flora of Micronesia 3: Convolvulaceae. Smithsonian Contributions to Botany 36: 1-34.

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Heine, H. in Hutchinson, J. & Dalziel, J.M. (1963). Convolvulaceae. Flora of West Tropical Africa, second edition 2: 335-352 + 496. Crown Agents for Oversea Governments and Administrations.

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Johnson, R.W. (2012). Convolvulaceae. Australian Plant Census Council of Heads of Australian Herbaria.

Karthigeyan, K., Pandey, R.P. & Mao, A.A. (eds.) (2023). Flora of Andaman and Nicobar Islands 2: 1-689. Botanical Survey of India. Ministry of environment, forest and climate change.

Khan, M.S. (1985). Fl. Bangladesh Convolvulaceae. Flora of Bangladesh 30: 1-59. Bangladesh National Herbarium, Dhaka.

Kiew, R. & al. (eds.) (2015). Flora of Peninsular Malaysia. Series II: Seed Plants, volume 5. Malayan Forest Records 49: 1-319.

Kress, W.J., R.A. DeFilipps, E. Farr, & Y.Y. Kyi in Kress, W.J. et al. (2003). Cklist. Myanmar Convolvulaceae. Checklist of the Trees, Shrubs, Herbs, and Climbers of Myanmar: 197-201. National Museum of Natural History, Washington DC.

Lejoly, J. & S. Lisowski (1992). Les genres Merremia et Ipomoea (Convolvulaceae) dans la Flore d'Afrique Centrale (Zaire, Rwanda, Burundi). Fragmenta Floristica et Geobotanica 37: 21-125.

Lisowski, S. in Lisowski, S. (2009). Convolvulaceae. Flore (Angiospermes) de la République de Guinée: 136-145. Jardin Botanique National de Belgique.

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Mwanga Mwanga, I.J.-C.M., Sosef, M.S.M. & Simões, A.R.G. (2022). Flore d'Afrique Centrale (Zaïre - Rwanda - Burundi), n.s., Convolvulaceae: 1-252. Jardin Botanique National de Belgique, Meise.

Ooststroom, S.J. van & R.D. Hoogland (1953). Convolvulaceae. Flora Malesiana 4: 388-512. Noordhoff-Kolff N.V., Djakarta.

Plunkett, G.M., Ranker, T.A., Sam, C. & Balick, M.J. (2022). Towards a checklist of the vascular flora of Vanuatu. Candollea 77: 105-118.

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