Convolvuloideae

Belongs within: Convolvulaceae.
Contains: Merremieae, Convolvulus, Ipomoea.

The Convolvuloideae are a clade of plants defined by Stefanović et al. (2003) as the smallest clade including Convolvulus arvensis, Ipomoea pes-tigridis and Aniseia martinicensis.

Characters (from Stefanović et al. 2003): Plants mainly herbaceous; predominantly cordate leaf base; cymes nearly always dichasial; corolla with five interplical veins; style single, undivided; pollen grains of medium to large size (≥50 µm in diameter).

ConvolvuloideaeSAO03
    |--AniseieaeSAO03
    |    |--Odonellia hirtifloraSAO03
    |    |--TetraloculariaSAO03
    |    `--Aniseia Choisy 1833L95 [incl. IseiaSAO03]
    |         |--‘Iseia’ luxuriansST98
    |         `--A. martinicensis (Jacq.) Choisy 1837L95
    |              |--A. m. var. martinicensisL95
    |              `--A. m. var. nitens (Choisy) O’Donell 1960 [=A. nitens Choisy 1838]L95
    `--+--MerremieaeSAO03
       |--ConvolvuleaeSAO03
       |    |--ConvolvulusSAO03
       |    `--PolymeriaSAO03
       |         |--P. ambiguaLK14
       |         |--P. calycinaPWP96
       |         |--P. distigmaLK14
       |         |--P. longifoliaBR65
       |         `--P. pusillaSAO03
       `--Ipomoeeae [Argyreieae]SAO03
            |  i. s.: LepistemonopsisSAO03
            |--AstripomoeinaeSAO03
            |    |--‘Ipomoea’ coccineaSAO03
            |    `--AstripomoeaSAO03
            |         |--A. lachnospermaSAO03
            |         `--A. malvaceaSAO03
            `--ArgyreiinaeSAO03
                 |--ParalepistemonSAO03
                 |--BlinkworthiaSAO03
                 |--IpomoeaSAO03
                 |--Stictocardia Hallier 1894SAO03, L95
                 |    |--S. campanulataST98
                 |    `--S. tiliifolia (Desr.) Hallier 1893 (see below for synonymy)L95
                 |--Lepistemon binectariferumSAO03, ST98
                 |    |--L. b. var. binectariferumST98
                 |    `--L. b. var. borneenseST98
                 |--Turbina Rafinesque 1838SAO03, L95
                 |    |--T. abutiloidesST98
                 |    `--T. corymbosa (L.) Raf. 1838 (see below for synonymy)L95
                 `--Argyreia Lour. 1790L95 [incl. RiveaSAO03]
                      |--A. argenteaBB07
                      |--A. capitataST98
                      |--A. hookeriST98
                      |--‘Rivea’ hypocrateriformisPP07
                      |--A. mollisST98
                      |--A. nervosa (Burm. f.) Bojer 1837 (see below for synonymy)L95
                      `--A. obtusifoliaSAO03

Argyreia nervosa (Burm. f.) Bojer 1837 [=Convolvulus nervosus Burm. f. 1768, Rivea nervosa (Burm. f.) Hallier 1897; incl. C. speciosus L. f. 1781, Argyreia speciosa (L. f.) Sweet 1827, Ipomoea speciosa (L. f.) Pers. 1805]^L95

Stictocardia tiliifolia (Desr.) Hallier 1893 [=Convolvulus tiliaefolius Desr. in Lam. 1792, Ipomoea tiliaefolia (Desr.) R. & S. 1819, Rivea tiliaefolia (Desr.) Choisy 1834]^L95

Turbina corymbosa (L.) Raf. 1838 [=Convolvulus corymbosus L. 1759, Rivea corymbosa (L.) Hall. f. 1893; incl. C. sidaefolius HBK. 1818, Ipomoea sidaefolia (HBK.) Choisy 1833]^L95

*Type species of generic name indicated

References

[BB07] Baishya, A. K., & P. J. Bora. 2007. Cross community ethno-medico botany of Dibru-Saikhowa Biosphere Reserve, Assam. Bulletin of the Botanical Survey of India 49: 121–154.

[BR65] Black, J. M., & E. L. Robertson. 1965. Flora of South Australia. Part IV. Oleaceae–Compositae. W. L. Hawes, Government Printer: Adelaide.

[L95] Liogier, H. A. 1995. Descriptive Flora of Puerto Rico and Adjacent Islands: Spermatophyta-Dicotyledoneae vol. 4. Melastomataceae to Lentibulariaceae. Editorial de la Universidad de Puerto Rico.

[LK14] Lyons, M. N., G. J. Keighery, L. A. Gibson & T. Handasyde. 2014. Flora and vegetation communities of selected islands off the Kimberley coast of Western Australia. Records of the Western Australian Museum Supplement 81: 205–244.

[PWP96] Palmer, W. A., B. W. Willson & K. R. Pullen. 1996. The host range of Aconophora compressa Walker (Homoptera: Membracidae): a potential biological control agent for Lantana camara L. (Verbenaceae). Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 98 (4): 617–624.

[PP07] Pandey, R. P., & P. M. Padhye. 2007. Studies on phytodiversity of Arid Machia Safari Park-Kailana in Jodhpur (Rajasthan). Bulletin of the Botanical Survey of India 49: 15–78.

[ST98] Schimming, T., B. Tofern, P. Mann, A. Richter, K. Jenett-Siems, B. Dräger, N. Asano, M. P. Gupta, M. D. Correa & E. Eich. 1998. Distribution and taxonomic significance of calystegines in the Convolvulaceae. Phytochemistry 49: 1989–1995.

[SAO03] Stefanović, S., D. F. Austin & R. G. Olmstead. 2003. Classification of Covolvulaceae: a phylogenetic approach. Systematic Botany 28 (4): 791–806.