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479.0000 Family Convolvulaceae Juss.; Gen. Pl. [Jussieu] 132 (1789), nom. cons.
58 genera, ca. 1900 spp. Latest phylogeny: Simões et al. (2022), which will not be the last word in a rapidly changing system.
Species listed in database: 1971; hybrids: 14
= Cressaceae Raf.; Ann. Gén. Sci. Phys. 8: 270 (1821)
= Cuscutaceae Dumort.; Anal. Fam. Pl. 20, 25 (1829), nom. cons.
= Dichondraceae Dumort.; Anal. Fam. Pl. 20, 24 (1829), nom. cons.
= Erycibaceae Endl. ex Meisner; Pl. Vasc. Gen. [Meisner], Tab. Diagn. 272, Comm. 185 (1840)
= Evolvulaceae Bercht. & J.Presl; Přir. Rostlin Aneb. Rostl. 2: 130, 132 (1825)
= Humbertiaceae Pichon; Notul. Syst. (Paris) 13: 23 (1947), nom. cons.
= Poranaceae J.Agardh; Theoria Syst. Pl. 364 (1858)
479.5306 Genus Xenostegia D.F.Austin & Staples; Brittonia 32(4): 533 (1980 publ. 1981)
Distribution: Old World Tropics, mostly tropical Africa
Species listed in database: 6
species :
Xenostegia alatipes (Dammer ex Engl.) A.R.Simões & Staples; Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 183(4): 578 (2017)
Distribution: Gabon; Zambia; Malawi; Zimbabwe; Mozambique
23 GAB 26 MLW MOZ ZAM ZIM
Synonyms: hidden
= Merremia alatipes Dammer ex Engl.; Abh. Königl. Akad. Wiss. Berlin 1894: 28 (1894), et Pflanzenw. Ost-Afrikas C 330 (1895)
= Merremia angustifolia var. alatipes (Dammer) Rendle; Fl. Trop. Afr. [Oliver et al.] 4(2): 112 (1905)
= Merremia tridentata subsp. alatipes (Dammer) Verdc.; Kew Bull. 13: 186 (1958)
= Xenostegia tridentata subsp. alatipes (Dammer) Lejoly & Lisowski; Fragm. Florist. Geobot. 38(2): 381 (1993)
species :
Xenostegia lomamiensis Sosef & Gereau; Syst. Bot. 44(2): 410 (2019)
Distribution: D.R.Congo [Zaire]
23 ZAI
species :
Xenostegia medium (L.) D.F.Austin & Staples; Brittonia 32(4): 534 (1980 publ. 1981)
Distribution: Tanzania; Mozambique; Madagascar; Seychelles; Comores (Mayotte, etc.)
25 TAN 26 MOZ 29 COM MDG SEY
Synonyms: hidden
= Aniseia medium (L.) Choisy; Mém. Soc. Phys. Genève 6: 482 (1833 publ. 1834) [Conv. Or. 100]
= Convolvulus medium L.; Sp. Pl. [Linnaeus] 1: 156 (1753)
= Ipomoea medium (L.) Druce; Rep. Bot. Soc. Exch. Club Brit. Isles 3: 419 (1913 publ. 1914)
= Jacquemontia hastigera Bojer ex Desjardins; Rapp. Annuel Trav. Soc. Hist. Nat. Île Maurice 7: 34 (1836)
= Merremia medium (L.) Hallier f.; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 16: 552 (1893), et 18: 118 (1894)
species :
Xenostegia pinnata (Hochst. ex Choisy) A.R.Simões & Staples; Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 183(4): 579 (2017)
Distribution: Mauritania; Senegal; Gambia; Guinea-Bissau; Guinea; Sierra Leone; Liberia; Mali; Burkina Faso; Ivory Coast; Ghana; Togo; Benin; Nigeria; Central African Republic; Chad; Sudan; ?South Sudan; Ethiopia; Somalia; Uganda; Kenya; Tanzania; Zambia; Malawi; Zimbabwe; Mozambique; Namibia; Botswana; South Africa (Limpopo, Mpulamanga); Madagascar
22 BEN BKN GAM GHA GNB GUI IVO LBR MLI MTN NGA SEN SIE TOG 23 CAF 24 CHA ETH SOM SUD 25 KEN TAN UGA 26 MLW MOZ ZAM ZIM 27 BOT NAM SAF 29 MDG
Synonyms: hidden
= Convolvulus hochstetteri Kuntze; Revis. Gen. Pl. 3(2): 213 (1898), nom. nov.
= Ipomoea pinnata Hochst. ex Choisy; Prodr. [A.P. de Candolle] 9: 353 (1845)
= Merremia pinnata (Hochst. ex Choisy) Hallier f.; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 16: 552 (1893), et 18: 116 (1894)
= Pharbitis pinnata (Hochst. ex Choisy) Peter; Nat. Pflanzenfam. [Engler & Prantl] IV, 3a: 32 (1891)
species :
Xenostegia sapinii (De Wild.) A.R.Simões & Staples; Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 183(4): 580 (2017)
Distribution: D.R.Congo [Zaire]
23 ZAI
Synonyms: hidden
= Merremia sapinii De Wild.; Bull. Jard. Bot. État Bruxelles 3: 260 (1911)
species :
Xenostegia tridentata (L.) D.F.Austin & Staples; Brittonia 32: 533 (1980)
subspecies :
subsp. tridentata
Distribution: China (Guangdong, Guangxi, Hainan, Yunnan); Taiwan; India (throughout); Lakshadweep Isl. [Laccadives]; Sri Lanka; Bangladesh; Myanmar (Mandalay, Taninthayi, Yangon); Thailand; Laos; Cambodia; Vietnam; Singapore; Sumatra (Bangka Isl.); Borneo (Sabah, Natuna Isl., Anambas Isl.); Sulawesi; Lesser Sunda Isl. (Bali, etc.); Moluccas (Aru Isl.); Christmas Isl. [Austr.]; New Guinea (Irian Jaya, Papua New Guinea); Australia (Western Australia, Northern Territory, Queensland); USA [I] (Georgia [I]); Puerto Rico [I]
36 CHI 38 TAI 40 BAN IND LDV SRL 41 CBD LAO MYA THA VIE 42 BOR LSI MOL NWG SNG SUL SUM XMS 50 AUS 78 usa 81 pue
Synonyms: hidden
= Convolvulus blumei D.Dietr.; Syn. Pl. [Dietrich] 1: 675 (1839)
= Convolvulus denticulatus (R.Br.) Spreng.; Syst. Veg., ed. 16 [Sprengel] 1: 603 (1824), nom. illeg.
= Convolvulus javanensis Burm.f.; Fl. Ind. [N.L.Burman] Prodr. Fl. Cap. 43 (1768)
= Convolvulus oligodontus Baker; J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 20: 212 (1884)
= Convolvulus tridentatus L.; Sp. Pl. [Linnaeus] 1: 157 (1753)
= Evolvulus tridentatus (L.) L.; Sp. Pl. [Linnaeus], ed. 2: 392 (1762)
= Fraxima tridentata (L.) Raf.; Fl. Tellur. 4: 83 (1836)
= Ipomoea blumei (D.Dietr.) Steud.; Nomencl. Bot. [Steudel], ed. 2, 1: 815 (1841)
= Ipomoea denticulata R.Br.; Prodr. Fl. Nov. Holland. 485 (1810)
= Ipomoea filiformis Voigt; Hort. Suburb. Calcutt. 356 (1845), nom. illeg.
= Ipomoea laevigata Sol. ex Benth.; Fl. Austral. [Bentham] 4: 422 (1868), nom. inval.
= Ipomoea littoralis Thwaites; Enum. Pl. Zeyl. [Thwaites] 211 (1860), nom. illeg.
= Ipomoea tridentata (L.) Roth; Arch. Bot. (Leipzig) 1(3): 38 (1798)
= Merremia oligodonta (Baker) Hallier f.; Meded. Rijks-Herb. 1: 21 (1910 publ. 1911)
= Merremia tridentata (L.) Hallier f.; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 16(4-5): 552 (1893)
= Quamoclit denticulata (R.Br.) Raf.; Fl. Tellur. 4: 74 (1838)
= Quamoclita denticulata Raf.; Fl. Tellur. 4: 74 (1838), nomen
= Tirtalia angustifolia Raf.; Fl. Tellur. 4: 71 (1836)
subspecies :
subsp. angustifolia (Jacq.) Lejoly & Lisowski; Fragm. Florist. Geobot. 38(2): 379 (1993)
Distribution: Mauritania; Senegal; Gambia; Guinea-Bissau; Guinea; Sierra Leone; Liberia; Mali; Burkina Faso; Ivory Coast; Ghana; Togo; Benin; Nigeria; Cameroon; São Tomé; Gabon; Congo [Brazzaville]; Central African Republic; SW-Chad; Sudan; South Sudan; Ethiopia; Uganda; Kenya; Tanzania; Zanzibar; Angola; Zambia; Malawi; Zimbabwe; Mozambique; Namibia (Caprivi Strip); Botswana; South Africa (Limpopo, North-West Prov., Gauteng, Mpulamanga, Free State, KwaZulu-Natal, N-Cape Prov.); Eswatini [Swaziland]; Madagascar; Comores (Mayotte, etc.); Saudi Arabia (Asir)
22 BEN BKN GAM GHA GNB GUI IVO LBR MLI MTN NGA SEN SIE TOG 23 CAF CMN CON GAB SAO 24 CHA ETH SSU SUD 25 KEN TAN UGA 26 ANG MLW MOZ ZAM ZIM 27 BOT NAM SAF SWZ 29 COM MDG 35 SAU
Synonyms: hidden
= Convolvulus angustifolius (Jacq.) Desr.; Encycl. [J.Lamarck et al.] 3: 547 (1791)
= Convolvulus filicaulis Vahl; Symb. Bot. [Vahl] 3: 24 (1794)
= Ipomoea angustifolia Jacq.; Icon. Pl. Rar. [Jacquin] 2: 10, t. 317 (1789)
= Ipomoea angustifolia var. retusa Baker; Fl. Cap. [Harvey & auct. succ.] 4(2): 54 (1904)
= Ipomoea bidentata G.Don; Gen. Hist. 4: 266 (1837)
= Ipomoea convolvuloides Schinz; Verh. Bot. Vereins Prov. Brandenburg 30: 273 (1888)
= Ipomoea filicaulis (Vahl) Blume; Bijdr. Fl. Ned. Ind. 721 (1826)
= Merremia angustifolia (Jacq.) Hallier f.; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 16: 552 (1893), et 18: 117 (1896)
= Merremia angustifolia var. ambigua Hallier f.; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 18: 117 (1893)
= Merremia angustifolia var. pubescens Rendle; Fl. Trop. Afr. [Oliver et al.] 4(2): 112 (1905)
= Merremia retusa (Baker) Manitz; Feddes Repert. 94(3-4): 180 (1983)
= Merremia retusa Hallier f. [Bot.Jahrb.Syst.16: 552 (1893), nomen]
= Merremia tridentata subsp. angustifolia (Jacq.) Ooststr.; Blumea 3: 323 (1939)
= Merremia tridentata var. pubescens Rendle; Fl. Trop. Afr. [Oliver et al.] 4(2): 112 (1905)
= Tirtalia filicaulis (Vahl) Raf.; Fl. Tellur. 4: 71 (1836)
= Xenostegia angustifolia (Jacq.) D.F.Austin & Staples; ined.
= Xenostegia tridentata subsp. angustifolia (Jacq.) A.Meeuse; Bothalia 26(1): 49 (1996) (isonym)
subspecies :
subsp. hastata (Ooststr.) Parmar; J. Econ. Taxon. Bot. 18: 251 (1994)
Distribution: China (incl. Hongkong); Taiwan; India (Andhra Pradesh, Damann & Diu, Goa, Gujarat, Karnataka, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu, Uttarakhand); Sri Lanka; peninsular Malaysia (widespread); Sumatra; Borneo; Sulawesi; Philippines; Java; Lesser Sunda Isl.; Moluccas; Palau [I] (Babeldaob [I])
36 CHI 38 TAI 40 IND SRL 42 BOR JAW LSI MLY MOL PHI SUL SUM 62 plu
Synonyms: hidden
= Xenostegia tridentata subsp. hastata (Desr.) P.H.Hô; Câyco Vietnam (Illustr. Fl. Vietnam) 2(2): 985 (1993)
= Convolvulus hastatus Desr.; Encycl. [J.Lamarck et al.] 3: 542 (1791) non Forssk. 1775
= Convolvulus simplex Pers.; Syn. Pl. [Persoon] 1: 178 (1805)
= Convolvulus sonneratii Wood; Cycl. [A.Rees] 9: No. 29 (1808), nom. superfl.
= Ipomoea hastata Haines; Bot. Bihar Orissa 4: 596 (1922), nom. illeg.
= Merremia hastata (Desr.) Hallier f.; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 16(4-5): 552 (1893)
= Merremia tridentata subsp. hastata (Hallier f.) Ooststr.; Blumea 3: 317, f. 20 (1939)
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