Gonçalves, M.L. (1987) Convolvulaceae Flora Zambesiaca 8(1)
Mwanga Mwanga, I.J.-C., Sosef, M.S.M. & Simoes, A.R.G., (2022) Convolvulaceae Flore d'Afrique Centrale Nouvelle Serie Jardin Botanique Meise, Belgique
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 Zambia: 77 taxa. Insects associated with this genus:
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| Species | FZ divisions | Content |
| albivenia (Lindl.) Sweet | Description, Image | |
| aquatica Forssk. | B,W,C,S | Description, Image |
| asarifolia (Desr.) Roem. & Schult. | B | Description, Image |
| bakeri Britten [End] | N | Description |
| barteri Baker var. cordifolia Hallier f. | W | |
| barteri Baker var. barteri | W,C,E,S | Description, Image |
| batatas (L.) Lam. | Description, Image | |
| biflora (L.) Pers. | B,W,C,E,S | Description, Image |
| blepharophylla Hallier f. | B,N,W,C,S | Description, Image |
| bolusiana Schinz | B,N,W,E,S | Description, Image |
| cairica (L.) Sweet var. cairica | N,W,C,S | Description, Image |
| carnea Jacq. subsp. fistulosa (Mart. ex Choisy) D.F. Austin | Description, Image | |
| chloroneura Hallier f. | B,W,S | Description, Image |
| chrysochaetia Hallier f. | N,W | |
| coptica (L.) Roth ex Roem. & Schult. var. coptica | B,N,C,S | Description, Image |
| coscinosperma Hochst. ex Choisy | C,S | Description, Image |
| crassipes Hook. var. crassipes | N,W,C,S | Description, Image |
| crepidiformis Hallier f. var. crepidiformis | N,W,C,S | |
| crepidiformis Hallier f. var. minor Rendle | N | Description, Image |
| crepidiformis Hallier f. var. microcephala (Hallier f.) Verdc. | N,W | |
| dichroa Hochst. ex Choisy | B,W,C,S | Description, Image |
| eriocarpa R. Br. | N,W,C,S | Description, Image |
| fanshawei Verdc. [NrEnd] [LR-lc] | S | Description |
| fulvicaulis (Hochst. ex Choisy) Boiss. ex Hallier f. var. asperifolia (Hallier f.) Verdc. | W,S | Description, Image |
| fulvicaulis (Hochst. ex Choisy) Boiss. ex Hallier f. var. heterocalyx (Schulze-Menz) Verdc. | N,W,E,S | Description, Image |
| fulvicaulis (Hochst. ex Choisy) Boiss. ex Hallier f. var. fulvicaulis | N,W | Description, Image |
| hederifolia L. | W | Description, Image |
| heterotricha Didr. | N | Description |
| hochstetteri House | C,S | |
| humidicola Verdc. | C | |
| indica (Burm.) Merr. | C | Description, Image |
| involucrata P. Beauv. var. burtii Verdc. | B,N,W,S | |
| involucrata P. Beauv. var. operosa (C.H. Wright) Hallier f. | N | |
| involucrata P. Beauv. | N,W,C,S | Description, Image |
| kassneri Rendle [NrEnd] | N,W | |
| kituiensis Vatke var. kituiensis | N,W,S | |
| lapathifolia Hallier f. var. lapathifolia | N,C,E,S | Description |
| leucanthemum (Klotzsch) Hallier f. | B,C,S | Description, Image |
| linosepala Hallier f. subsp. alpina (Rendle) Lejoly & Lisowski | N,W,C | Description, Image |
| linosepala Hallier f. subsp. linosepala | N,W | |
| mauritiana Jacq. | N,W,E,S | Description, Image |
| milnei Verdc. [DD] | N | |
| nil (L.) Roth | W,S | Description |
| obscura (L.) Ker Gawl. var. obscura | B,N,W,C,E,S | Description, Image |
| obscura (L.) Ker Gawl. var. sagittifolia Verdc. | Description | |
| ochracea (Lindl.) Sweet | B,N,C,S | |
| oenotherae (Vatke) Hallier f. var. oenotherae | W,S | Description, Image |
| ommaneyi Rendle | E | |
| papilio Hallier f. | C,S | Description, Image |
| parasitica (Kunth) G. Don | S | Description, Image |
| pes-caprae (L.) R. Br. subsp. brasiliensis (L.) van Ooststr. | N,C | Description, Image |
| pes-tigridis L. var. pes-tigridis | B,N,W,E,S | Description, Image |
| pes-tigridis L. var. strigosa (Hallier f.) Rendle | W,C | |
| pileata Roxb. | B,N,W,C,E,S | Description, Image |
| polymorpha Roem. & Schult. | N | |
| prismatosyphon Welw. var. prismatosyphon | N | Description, Image |
| protea Britten & Rendle [DD] | N | |
| purpurea (L.) Roth | B,N,W,C | Description, Image |
| recta De Wild. | N,W,E | |
| richardsiae Verdc. [End] [VU] | W | Description |
| rubens Choisy | B,N,S | Description, Image |
| shirambensis Baker | W,C,E,S | Description, Image |
| shupangensis Baker | W | Description, Image |
| sinensis (Desr.) Choisy subsp. blepharosepala (Hochst. ex A. Rich.)Verdc. | B | Description, Image |
| sinensis (Desr.) Choisy subsp. sinensis | E,S | Description, Image |
| tenuipes Verdc. | C,S | |
| tenuirostris Steud. ex Choisy subsp. tenuirostris | N | Description, Image |
| tricolor Cav. | Description | |
| tuberculata Ker Gawl. var. tuberculata | S | Description, Image |
| tuberculata Ker Gawl. var. odontosepala (Baker) Verdc. | B | |
| turbinata Lag. | N,S | |
| venosa (Desr.) Roem. & Schult. subsp. stellaris (Baker) Verdc. var. stellaris | S | |
| venosa (Desr.) Roem. & Schult. subsp. venosa | ||
| verbascoidea Choisy | N,C,S | Description, Image |
| vernalis R.E. Fr. | B,N,W,C,S | Description |
| welwitschii Vatke ex Hallier f. | B,N,W,E,S | Description, Image |
| wightii (Wall.) Choisy var. wightii | E | Description, Image |