Derivation of specific name
provided by Flora of Zimbabwe
magnusiana: although magnus means large or great, the reference is unclear since this is not a particularly large species, nor in plant size or flower size. It is possible that the ending "-iana" indicates reference to a name.
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- copyright
- Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten and Petra Ballings
- bibliographic citation
- Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T. and Ballings, P. (2002-2014). Ipomoea magnusiana Schinz
var. magnusiana Flora of Zimbabwe website. Accessed 28 August 2014 at http://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=147810
- author
- Mark Hyde
- author
- Bart Wursten
- author
- Petra Ballings
Description
provided by Flora of Zimbabwe
Prostrate or twining perennial herb with several annual stems up to 3m long, growing from a woody taproot. Leaves palmately 3-5-lobed almost to the base, up to 11 × 14 cm, appressed hairy above, woolly below with stiff yellowish hairs on the veins; margins entire to ciliate. Flowers in axillary few-flowered heads, on a peduncle up to 12 cm long. Corolla funnel-shaped, up to 3 cm in diameter, magenta-purple, mauve, rarely cream or white with a darker centre.
- license
- cc-by-nc
- copyright
- Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten and Petra Ballings
- bibliographic citation
- Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T. and Ballings, P. (2002-2014). Ipomoea magnusiana Schinz
var. magnusiana Flora of Zimbabwe website. Accessed 28 August 2014 at http://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=147810
- author
- Mark Hyde
- author
- Bart Wursten
- author
- Petra Ballings
Worldwide distribution
provided by Flora of Zimbabwe
Botswana, Namibia, Mozambique, Zimbabwe, South Africa.
- license
- cc-by-nc
- copyright
- Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten and Petra Ballings
- bibliographic citation
- Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T. and Ballings, P. (2002-2014). Ipomoea magnusiana Schinz
var. magnusiana Flora of Zimbabwe website. Accessed 28 August 2014 at http://www.zimbabweflora.co.zw/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=147810
- author
- Mark Hyde
- author
- Bart Wursten
- author
- Petra Ballings