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Gonçalves, M.L. (1987) Convolvulaceae Flora Zambesiaca 8(1)
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 Botswana: 36 taxa. The larvae of the following species of insect eat species of this genus:
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| Species | FZ divisions | Content |
| adenioides Schinz var. adenioides | N,SW | Description, Image |
| aquatica Forssk. | N | Description, Image |
| atherstonei Baker | N,SW | |
| bolusiana Schinz | N,SW,SE | Description, Image |
| cairica (L.) Sweet var. cairica | SE | Description, Image |
| carnea Jacq. subsp. fistulosa (Mart. ex Choisy) D.F. Austin | Description, Image | |
| chloroneura Hallier f. | N,SE | Description, Image |
| coptica (L.) Roth ex Roem. & Schult. var. coptica | N,SE | Description, Image |
| coscinosperma Hochst. ex Choisy | N,SE | Description, Image |
| crassipes Hook. var. crassipes | N,SE | Description, Image |
| dichroa Hochst. ex Choisy | N | Description, Image |
| eriocarpa R. Br. | N | Description, Image |
| fanshawei Verdc. | N | |
| fulvicaulis (Hochst. ex Choisy) Boiss. ex Hallier f. var. fulvicaulis | N | Description, Image |
| hackeliana (Schinz) Hallier f. | SW,SE | Description, Image |
| hochstetteri House | N,SW,SE | |
| lapathifolia Hallier f. var. lapathifolia | N | |
| leucanthemum (Klotzsch) Hallier f. | N | Description, Image |
| magnusiana Schinz | N,SW,SE | Description, Image |
| nil (L.) Roth | ||
| obscura (L.) Ker Gawl. var. obscura | N,SW,SE | Description, Image |
| ochracea (Lindl.) Sweet var. ochracea | N | |
| oenotherae (Vatke) Hallier f. var. oenotherae | N,SE | Description, Image |
| ommaneyi Rendle | N,SE | |
| papilio Hallier f. | SE | Description, Image |
| pes-tigridis L. var. pes-tigridis | N | Description, Image |
| pileata Roxb. | Description, Image | |
| plebeia R. Br. subsp. africana A. Meeuse | N,SE | Description, Image |
| rubens Choisy | N | Description, Image |
| shirambensis Baker | N,SE | Description, Image |
| sinensis (Desr.) Choisy subsp. blepharosepala (Hochst. ex A. Rich.)Verdc. | N,SW,SE | Description, Image |
| sinensis (Desr.) Choisy subsp. sinensis | N | Description, Image |
| tenuipes Verdc. | N,SE | |
| tuberculata Ker Gawl. var. tuberculata | N,SE | Description, Image |
| verbascoidea Choisy | N | Description, Image |
| welwitschii Vatke ex Hallier f. | SE | Description, Image |
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