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Ipomoea hederifolia

L. (1759)

This name is accepted

Kingdom: Viridiplantae Phylum: Magnoliophyta Class/Clade: Eudicot-Asterids Order: Solanales Family: Convolvulaceae Genus: Ipomoea

ivy-leaved morning glory, star ipomoea, trompillo

Description

Key Characters:

Growth Form: Annual vines.

Stems: Stems slender and herbaceous, glabrous to sparsely pubescent.

Roots:

Leaves: Leaves simple. Alternate. Blades ovate to suborbicular, 3(–7) lobed, 2–15 cm long. Apex acute to acuminate. Base cordate. Surfaces glabrous or very sparsely pubescent. Margins entire or dentate. Petiolate. Stipules absent.

Flowers: Flowers few to several in cymes or solitary, pedicels 5–7 mm long or sometimes longer, bracts scale-like to foliose. Flowers bisexual (perfect), actinomorphic, 5-merous. Calyx of 5 sepals, distinct, imbricate, herbaceous to subcoriaceous, equal or unequal, oblong to elliptic, 1.5–3 mm long, glabrous, apex obtuse or truncate, outer 2 sepals with a subterminal bristle 1.6–6 mm long, often somewhat enlarging in fruit but not markedly accrescent, persistent, occasionally accrescent. Corolla of 5 fused petals; petals red to reddish yellow, often yellow in the throat, salverform, 2.5–4.5 cm long, the tube 0.1–0.2 cm in diameter, the limb 1.8–2.5 cm in diameter. capsules subglobose, 0.6–0.8 cm long. Stamens 5, distinct; included or rarely exserted; filaments filiform, inserted on corolla tube base alternate with corolla lobes, often triangular–dilate at base, usually unequal in length; anthers dithecal, usually linear or oblong, extrorse. Ovary superior, 2–4-carpellate, usually with as many cells, placentation basal or basal-axile; ovules 2(4, 6) per cell, or ovary 1-celled and ovules 4, these erect, anatropous, glabrous or pubescent; stigma globose or 2–3-lobed, the lobes globose; style 1, simple, filiform, included or rarely exserted.

Fruit: Fruit a subglobose capsules; 0.6-0.8 cm long; dehiscent by 4 valves or rarely 6 valves; or splitting irregularly. Seeds 1-4; rarely 6; dark brown or black; pyriform; dorsal surface with usually 2 lines of short dark hairs; endosperm absent or scanty; cartilaginous; cotyledons usually foliaceous.

Ploidy: 2n = 28; 30.

Habitat: Naturalized in disturbed sites; at least along the road.

Elevation Range:

Historical Distribution

Synonyms (40)

Convolvulus acutangulus (Ruiz & Pav.) Spreng. (1824)
Convolvulus angulatus (Lam.) Spreng. (1824)
Convolvulus coccineus var. hederifolius (L.) Kuntze (1898)
Convolvulus hederifolius (L.) Spreng. (1824)
Convolvulus luteolus (Jacq.) Spreng. (1824)
Convolvulus phoeniceus (Roxb. ex Rottl.) Spreng. (1824)
Convolvulus sanguineus (Vahl) Spreng. (1824)
Doxema sanguinea (Vahl) Raf. (1838)
Ipomoea acutangula Ruiz & Pav. (1799)
Ipomoea angularis Willd. (1770)
Ipomoea angulata Lam. (1793)
Ipomoea brevipedicellata (Hallier f.) Hallier f. (1922)
Ipomoea coccinea Willd. (1803)
Ipomoea coccinea (Misapplied)
Ipomoea coccinea f. luteola (Jacq.) Voss (1894)
Ipomoea coccinea var. curviflora Griseb. (1862)
Ipomoea coccinea var. hederifolia (L.) A.Gray (1878)
Ipomoea coccinea var. luteola (Jacq.) Meisn. (1869)
Ipomoea dichotoma Kunth (1819)
Ipomoea hephrophylla Meisn. (1869)
Ipomoea humboldtiana Willd. (1819)
Ipomoea luteola Jacq. (1788)
Ipomoea nephrophylla Meisn. (1869)
Ipomoea phoenicea Roxb. ex Rottl. (1803)
Ipomoea praematura Eckenw. (1989)
Ipomoea sanguinea Vahl (1794)
Ipomoea stylosa Choisy (1845)
Mina hederifolia (L.) Bello (1881)
Quamoclit acutangula (Ruiz & Pav.) Choisy (1845)
Quamoclit angulata (Lam.) Bojer (1837)
Quamoclit brevipedicellata Hallier f. (1899)
Quamoclit coccinea Anon.
Quamoclit coccinea (Misapplied)
Quamoclit coccinea var. hederifolia (L.) House (1908)
Quamoclit coccinea var. luteola (Jacq.) Choisy (1845)
Quamoclit dichotoma (Kunth) G.Don (1837)
Quamoclit hederifolia (L.) G.Don (1837)
Quamoclit luteola (Jacq.) G.Don (1837)
Quamoclit phoenicea (Roxb. ex Rottl.) Choisy (1834)
Quamoclit sanguinea (Vahl) G.Don (1837)

Uses and Culture

USES

  • Yes

Natural History

Statewide Status

Naturalized

Island Status

O'ahu Only found in cultivation
Hawai'i Naturalized

Dispersal Agents


Pollinators

Specimens

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Notes

  • Description digitized by Kaleo
  • Description digitized from the Manual of the Flowering Plants of Hawaii
  • First collected in 1985 (Stem mermann 692 7, BISH)

Bibliography

Name Published In: Syst. Nat. ed. 10, 2: 925 (1759)

Other References

Wagner et al. 1990:556 (H); Staples & Herbst 2005:245, 247 (KEY), 248 (DESCR)

Occurrences

SNo. Scientific Name Scientific Name Authorship Locality Habitat Basis of Record Recorded By Record Number Island Source Date
1 Ipomoea hederifolia L. h.l. lyon arboretum, growing around cottage h. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN k. nagata 511 Oahu US 11/18/1968
2 Ipomoea hederifolia L. Kaimuki roadside PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Forbes, C.N. 2287.O Oahu BISH 2/6/1915
3 Ipomoea hederifolia L. lyon arboretum, cottage 8 PRESERVED_SPECIMEN nagata, k.m. collector number: 511 Oahu BISH 11/18/1968
4 Ipomoea hederifolia L. princess bldg, waikiki PRESERVED_SPECIMEN brown, f.b.h. (per hig) collector number: 1243 Oahu BISH 6/3/1925
5 Ipomoea hederifolia L. road from kealakekua-captain cook to napoopoo PRESERVED_SPECIMEN stemmermann, r.l. collector number: 6927 Hawaii BISH 3/26/1985
6 Ipomoea hederifolia L. honolulu, foster garden PRESERVED_SPECIMEN potter, mrs.c. Oahu BISH 10/10/1961
7 Ipomoea hederifolia L. Lyon Arboretum, cottage 8 PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Nagata, K.M. 511 Oahu BISH 11/18/1968
8 Ipomoea hederifolia L. road from kealakekua-capt. cook to napo'opo'o. PRESERVED_SPECIMEN l. stemmermann 6927 Maui US 3/26/1985
9 Ipomoea hederifolia L. Princess bldg, Waikiki PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Brown, F.B.H. 1243 Oahu BISH 6/3/1925
10 Ipomoea hederifolia L. kaimuki PRESERVED_SPECIMEN forbes, c.n. Oahu BISH
11 Ipomoea hederifolia L. kaimuki PRESERVED_SPECIMEN forbes, c.n. collector number: 2287 o Oahu BISH 2/6/1915
12 Ipomoea hederifolia L. Road from Kealakekua-Captain Cook to Napoopoo PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Stemmermann, R.L. 6927 Hawaii BISH 3/26/1985
13 Ipomoea hederifolia L. Honolulu, Foster Garden PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Potter, Mrs.C. s.n. Oahu BISH 10/10/1961
14 Ipomoea hederifolia L. Kaimuki PRESERVED_SPECIMEN Forbes, C.N. s.n. Oahu BISH
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