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Ipomoea pes-tigridis

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Species of flowering plant

Ipomoea pes-tigridis
Ipomoea pes-tigridis in flower in Jim Corbett National Park, Uttarakhand, India
Ipomoea pes-tigridis leaf, Ullickal, Kerala, India
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Solanales
Family: Convolvulaceae
Genus: Ipomoea
Species: I. pes-tigridis
Binomial name
Ipomoea pes-tigridis
L.
Synonyms

Neorthosis tigrina Rafin.
Ipomoea tigripes Stokes
Ipomoea tigrina Pers.
Ipomoea pes-tigridis f. africana Hallier
Ipomoea hepaticifolia L.
Ipomoea capitellata Choisy
Convolvulus pestigridis (L.) Spreng.
Convolvulus hepaticifolius Spreng.
Convolvulus capitellatus Buch.-Ham. ex Wall.
Convolvulus bryoniifolius Sims
Convolvulus bryoniifolius Salisb.
Convolvuloides palmata Moench

Ipomoea pes-tigridis is a species of Ipomoea in the family Convolvulaceae. It is known as tiger foot ipomoea or tiger foot morning glory. The species is native to tropical and subtropical regions of Asia, Africa, and New Guinea, and is naturalised in Australia. It grows from sea level up to 400 m. It is the type species of the genus Ipomoea.

Description

Flower bud, Kallady, Sri Lanka.
Ipomoea pes-tigridis seeds

Ipomoea pes-tigridis is an annual plant, hairy, growing as a vine. It can grow up to 1–3 m (3 ft 3 in – 9 ft 10 in). The leaves are palmately lobed, 6–10 cm (2.4–3.9 in) diameter, with 5-9 lobes on edge of the leaf; the lobes are elliptic, with a narrowed base; the sinus between the lobes being rounded. Its flowering period is between September and November. The trumpet-shaped flowers are white, 4 cm (1.6 in) long, the corolla opening to 3 cm (1.2 in) diameter, and has five points. The flowers are in clusters, but usually only one open at a time in each cluster; the individual flowers open after 4 pm, and wither by the following morning.

References

  1. "Plants of the World Online". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 2024-10-27.
  2. ^ "Tiger Foot Morning Glory". Retrieved 2017-12-15.
  3. "Plants of the World Online". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 2024-10-27.
  4. Wood, John R. I.; Muñoz-Rodríguez, Pablo; Williams, Bethany R. M.; Scotland, Robert W. (2020-03-16). "A foundation monograph of Ipomoea (Convolvulaceae) in the New World". PhytoKeys. 143. Pensoft Publishers: 1–823. doi:10.3897/phytokeys.143.32821. ISSN 1314-2003. PMC 7298354.

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