Some Notes on Tropical African Conyolvulaceae

Abstract

In the short paper above, certain aspects of the taxonomy of East African Convolvulaceae are discussed and the following are the chief results obtained. Eremosperma Chiov. is a synonym of Hewittia Wight et Arn, the full synonymy of Ipomoea rubens choisy is given, A discussion of the variation of Ipomoea hildebrandtii Vatke and I. argyrophylla Vatke is given, a discussion of the variation of Ipomoea hildebrandtii Vatke and I. argyrophylla Vatke is given, the following new taxa are described: Stictocardia tiliifolia (Desr.) Hallier f. subsp. macalusoi (Mattei) Verdcourt; Ipomoea tenuirostris Choisy subsp. hindeana (Rendle) Verdcourt; Ipomoea transvaalensis Meeuse subsp. orientalis Verdcourt; Ipomoea hildebrandtii Vatke subsp. megaensis Verdcourt; Ipomoea somalensis Verdcourt; Turbina perbella Verdcourt.