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Gonçalves, M.L. (1987) Convolvulaceae Flora Zambesiaca 8(1)
Annual, biennial or perennial herbs, sometimes shrub-like or woody. Stems usually twining or prostrate, sometimes erect. Pseudostipules sometimes present. Leaves variable. Flowers axillary, solitary or in few-many-flowered cymes, sometimes in pseudoheads or enclosed in an involucre. Peduncles and pedicels usually present. Corolla usually actinomorphic, only slightly lobed. Sepals 5, usually unequal. Stamens 5, usually unequal, inserted near base of corolla tube. Ovary 2-3-4- or rarely 5-locular; style filiform. Stigmas 2, spherical. Capsule spherical to ovoid, dehiscent and 3-10-valved. Seeds usually 4, glabrous, pubescent or long-hairy. Derivation of name: from Greek: ips meaning worm, homios meaning resembling, referring to the twining habitat Worldwide: c.650 species in tropical and warm temperate zones Malawi: 50 taxa. Insects associated with this genus:
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| Species | FZ divisions | Content |
| aquatica Forssk. | N,C,S | Description, Image |
| barteri Baker var. barteri | N,C | Description, Image |
| batatas (L.) Lam. | C | Description, Image |
| blepharophylla Hallier f. | C | Description, Image |
| cairica (L.) Sweet var. cairica | N,C,S | Description, Image |
| coptica (L.) Roth ex Roem. & Schult. var. acuta Choisy | S | |
| coptica (L.) Roth ex Roem. & Schult. var. coptica | C,S | Description, Image |
| crassipes Hook. var. crassipes | C,S | Description, Image |
| crepidiformis Hallier f. var. crepidiformis | C | |
| dichroa Hochst. ex Choisy | N,S | Description, Image |
| eriocarpa R. Br. | N,C | Description, Image |
| fulvicaulis (Hochst. ex Choisy) Boiss. ex Hallier f. var. asperifolia (Hallier f.) Verdc. | N,C,S | Description, Image |
| fulvicaulis (Hochst. ex Choisy) Boiss. ex Hallier f. var. fulvicaulis | S | Description, Image |
| fulvicaulis (Hochst. ex Choisy) Boiss. ex Hallier f. var. heterocalyx (Schulze-Menz) Verdc. | N,C,S | Description, Image |
| hederifolia L. | N,S | Description, Image |
| heterotricha Didr. | N,S | |
| hochstetteri House | N | |
| indica (Burm.) Merr. var. acuminata (Vahl) Fosberg | N,S | Description, Image |
| involucrata P. Beauv. var. involucrata | N,C,S | Description, Image |
| involucrata P. Beauv. var. operosa (C.H. Wright) Hallier f. | N,S | |
| kituiensis Vatke var. kituiensis | S | |
| lapathifolia Hallier f. var. lapathifolia | N,C,S | |
| leucanthemum (Klotzsch) Hallier f. | N,C,S | Description, Image |
| linosepala Hallier f. subsp. alpina (Rendle) Lejoly & Lisowski | N,C,S | Description, Image |
| linosepala Hallier f. subsp. linosepala | N,C | |
| marginata (Desr.) Verdc. | N | |
| mauritiana Jacq. | N | Description, Image |
| obscura (L.) Ker Gawl. var. obscura | N,C,S | Description, Image |
| obscura (L.) Ker Gawl. var. sagittifolia Verdc. | N,C,S | Description |
| ochracea (Lindl.) Sweet var. ochracea | N,S | |
| oenotherae (Vatke) Hallier f. var. oenotherae | S | Description, Image |
| papilio Hallier f. | C | Description, Image |
| parasitica (Kunth) G. Don | S | Description, Image |
| pes-caprae (L.) R. Br. subsp. brasiliensis (L.) van Ooststr. | N,C,S | Image |
| pes-tigridis L. var. pes-tigridis | N,C,S | Description, Image |
| pileata Roxb. | N,C,S | Description, Image |
| plebeia R. Br. subsp. africana A. Meeuse | N,C,S | Description, Image |
| polhillii Verdc. | N | |
| prismatosyphon Welw. var. prismatosyphon | N | Image |
| recta De Wild. | N | |
| rubens Choisy | N,S | Description, Image |
| shirambensis Baker | N,S | Description, Image |
| simonsiana Rendle | N,S | Description, Image |
| sinensis (Desr.) Choisy subsp. blepharosepala (Hochst. ex A. Rich.)Verdc. | S | Description, Image |
| tenuirostris Steud. ex Choisy subsp. tenuirostris | N,C,S | Description, Image |
| trinervia Schulze-Menz | N,S | |
| turbinata Lag. | S | |
| verbascoidea Choisy | N,C,S | Description, Image |
| welwitschii Vatke ex Hallier f. | N,C | Description, Image |
| wightii (Wall.) Choisy var. wightii | N,C,S | Description, Image |
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