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Issue: Vol. 461 No. 4: 9 October 2020
Type: Article
Published: 2020-10-09
DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.461.4.5
Page range: 286–294
Abstract views: 29
PDF downloaded: 2

Ipomoea noemana (Convolvulaceae) a new species from Ancash eastern slope in Peru

Departamento de Simbiosis Vegetal, Museo de Historia Natural. Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos, Lima, Peru.
Department of Plant Sciences, University of Oxford. South Parks Road, Oxford, OX1 3RB, United Kingdom.
Department of Plant Sciences, University of Oxford. South Parks Road, Oxford, OX1 3RB; and Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
Museo de Historia Natural. Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos, Lima, Peru.
Convolvulaceae endemism Marañon area new species storage roots Eudicots

Abstract

Ipomoea noemana, a new species of Ipomoea endemic to the Marañón river area in Peru and known from a single population, is described and illustrated. Its relationship with other species of Ipomoea is discussed in the light of its morphology and molecular analysis of DNA barcode sequences.