Protologues

GENERA OF CONVOLVULACEAE


Ipomoea reticulata O'Donell

Aniseia Choisy, Mém. Soc. Genève 6:481. 1833; 78:65. 1838. Type: A. martinicensis (Jacquin) Choisy.

Argyreia Lour., Fl. Cochinch. 134. 1790. Type: A. obtusifolia Lour.

Astripomoea A. Meeuse, Bothalia 6:709. 1958. Type: A. lachnosperma (Choisy) A. Meeuse.

Blinkworthia Choisy, Mém. Soc. Genève 6:430. t. 5 (not 4 as in the text). 1833. Type: B. lycioides

Bonamia DuPetit-Thouars, Dict. Sci. Nat. 5:145. 1804; Hist. Veg. Isl. Afr. 17. t. 8. 1805. Type: B. madagascariensis Poiret.

Calycobolus Willdenow ex Roemer & Schultes, Syst. Veg. 5: II, 4. 1819 (sero)-1820 (prim.). LT.: C. emarginatus Willdenow ex J. A. Schultes (vide House, Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 34: 144. 7 Mai. 1907) Type: C. pulchellus Choisy [=C. glaber (H.B.K.) House]

Calystegia R. Brown, Prodr. 483. 1810. Type: C. sepium (L.) R. Br.

Cardiochlamys Oliver, Hooker Icones Plantarum t. 1403. 1883. Type: C. madagascariensis Oliver.

Cladostigma Radlk., Abhandl. Naturwiss. Vereine Bremen 8:412. 1883. Type: C. dioicum Radlk.

Convolvulus Linnaeus, Species Plantarum ed. 10. 153. 1753. Type: C. arvensis L.

Cordiosepalum Verdcourt, Kew Bulletin 26:138. 1971. Type: C. thorelii (Gagnepain) Verdcourt.

Cressa Linnaeus, Genera Plantarum 104. 1754. Type: C. crecita L.

Cuscuta Linnaeus, Species Plantarum ed. 1. 124. 1753. Type: C. europaea Linnaeus.

Decalobanthus Ooststroom, Blumea 2:99. f. 1. 1936. Type: D. sumatranus Ooststroom.

Dichondra J. R. & G. Forster, Char. Gen. 39. t. 20. 1776. Type: D. repens Forst. & Forst.

Dicranostyles Bentham, Hook. London Journal of Botany 5:355. 1846. Type: D. scandens Bentham

Dinetus Sweet, Brit. Fl. Gard. 2: tab. 127. 1825. Type: D. racemosus (Roxburgh) Sweet.

Dipteropeltis Hall. f., Jahrb. Hamb. Wiss. Anst. 16:repr. 4. 1898. Type: D. poranoides Hall. f..

Erycibe Roxburgh, Pl. Corom. 2:31. t. 159. 1798. Type: E. paniculata Roxburgh.

Evolvulus Linnaeus, Species Plantarum ed. II. 391. 1762. Type: E. nummularius Linneaus.

Falkia Linnaeus f., Suppl. 30. 1781. Type: F. repens Linnaeus f.

Hewittia Wight & Arnott, Madras Journal of Science, Ser. 1. 5:22. 1837. Type: H. sublobata (Linnaeus f.) O. Kuntze [= H. malabarica (L.) Sursh].

Hildebrandtia Vatke, Sitzungberichte der Gesellschaft Naturforeshender Fruende zu Berlin 1876:7. 1876; Journal of Botany 14:313. 1876; Monatsb. Acad. Berlin 1876:864. 1877. Type: H. africana Vatke.

Humbertia Commerson ex Lamarck, Encycl. Meth. Bot. 2:356. 1786. Type: H. madagascariensis Commerson ex Lamarck

Hyalocystis Hall. f., Annuario R. Istituto Botanico Roma 7:227. 1898. Type: H. viscosa Hall. f..

Ipomoea Linnaeus, Species Plantarum 159. 1753. Type: I. pes-tigridis L.

Iseia O'Donell, Bol. Soc. de Argen. Bot. 5:77. 1953. Type: I. luxurians (Moricand) O'Donell

Itzaea Standley & Steyermark, Publ. Field Museum Natural History, Botany Series 23:83. 1944. Type: I. sericea (Standley) Standley & Steyermark

Jacquemontia Choisy, Mém. Soc. Genève 6:476. 1833. Type: J. pentantha (Jacquin) G. Don

Lepistemon Blume, Bijdr. 722. 1825. Type: L. flavescens Blume

Lepistemonopsis Dammer, Engl. Pflanzenw. Ost.-Afr. C:331. 1895. Type: L. volkensii Dammer

Lysiostyles Bentham, London Journal of Botany 5:356. 1846. Type: L. scandens Bentham

Maripa Aublet, Hist. Pl. Gui. Fr. 1:230. t. 91. 1775. Type: M. scandens Aublet

Merremia Dennstedt ex Endlicher, Schluess. Hort. Malab. 34. 1818. Type: M. convolvulacea Dennst. (=M. hederacea (Burmann f.) Hall. f..

Metaporana N. E. Brown, Kew Bull. 168. 1914. Type: M. densiflora (Hall. f.) N. E. Brown.

Nephrophyllum A. Richard, Tentamen Florae Abyssinicae, p. 77-78. t. 76. 1851. Type: N. abyssinicum A. Richard

Neuropeltis Wallich, Fl. Ind. ed. Carey, 2:43. 1824. Type: N. racemosa Wallich in Roxburgh

Neuropeltopsis Ooststroom, Blumea 12:365. 1964. Type: N. alba Ooststroom

Odonellia K. Robertson, Brittonia 34(4):417. 1982. Type: O. hirtiflora (Mart. & Gal.) K. Roberston

Operculina S. Manso, Enum. Subst. Bras. 16. 1836. Type: O. turpethum (L.) S. Manso

Paralepistemon Lejoly & Liskoski, Bull. Jard. Bot. Nat. Belg. 56:195-197. 1986. Type: P. shirensis (Oliver) Lejoly & Liskwski.

Polymeria R. Brown, Prodr. 488. [1-7 Apr 1810] 1819. Type: P. calycina R. Brown (vide H. Manitz, Feddes Repert. 85: 636. 20 Dec 1974)

Porana Burmann f., Fl. Ind. 51. t. 21. f. 1. 1768. Type: P. volubilis Burmann f.

Poranopsis Roberty, Candollea 14:26. 1952. Type: P. paniculata (Roxburgh) Roberty

Rapona Baillon, Hist. des pl. 10:326. 1888. Type: R. madagascariensis Baillon

Rivea Choisy, Mém. Soc. Genève 6:407. 1833. Type: R. hypocrateriformis (Desrousseaux) Choisy.

Seddera Hochst., Flora 27: Bes. Beil. 7. t. 5. 1844. Type: S. virgata Hochst. et Steudel.

Stictocardia Hall. f., Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 18:159. 1898. Type: S. tiliifolia (Desr.) Hall. f..

Stylisma Rafinesque, Neogenyt. 2. 1825. Type: S. tenella (Desr.) Rafinesque (=S. humistrata (Walters) Chapman.

Tetralocularia O'Donell, Lilloa 30:66. 1960. Type: T. pennellii O'Donell

Tridynamia Gagnepain, Not. Syst. (Paris) 14:26. 1950. Type: T. eberhardtii Gagnepain

Turbina Rafinesque, Fl. Tellur. 4:81. 1836. Type: T. corymbosa (L.) Rafinesque.

Wilsonia R. Brown, Prodr. 480. 1810. Type: W. humilis R. Brown.

Xenostegia Austin & Staples, Brittonia 32(4): 533-536. 1980 (Jan. 1981). Type: X. tridentata (L.) D. F. Austin & G. W. Staples.



Total = 54 genera



For more information on these and other genera of plants see: Index Nominum Genericorum


Acknowledgments: Ipomoea photographs courtesy of J. A. McDonald.


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