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Ipomoea hederifolia - Flower - Click to enlarge!

Flower; Hohoe, Volta Region, Ghana; 2/2010 © Jörn Germer

Ipomoea hederifolia - Flower, side view - Click to enlarge!

Flower, side view; Hohoe, Volta Region, Ghana; 2/2010 © Jörn Germer

Ipomoea hederifolia - Upper and lower surface of leaf - Click to enlarge!

Upper and lower surface of leaf; Hohoe, Volta Region, Ghana; 2/2010 © Jörn Germer

Ipomoea hederifolia - Habit - Click to enlarge!

Habit; Hohoe, Volta Region, Ghana; 2/2010 © Jörn Germer

Dataset

Identifier: 1213
Date of entry: 12.02.2010
Last update: 11.01.2020

Common name

English: Scarlet Morning Glory

Portuguese: Corda-de-viola

Classification

Kingdom: Plantae (2616)

  Phylum: Tracheophyta (2519)

    Class: Magnoliopsida (2128)

      Order: Solanales (93)

        Family: Convolvulaceae (41)(family description)

          Genus: Ipomoea (18)

            Epithet: hederifolia L. (1)

hederifolia => having leaves like Ivy (Hedera)

Characteristics

Climate: tropical

Habit: herb

Flower colour: red

External links

Check for Ipomoea hederifolia at

World Flora Online, GBIF or IPNI

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