Convolvulus arvensis L., Sp. Pl. 1: 153. 1753. (Linnaeus 1753: 153).

Wood, John R. I., Williams, Bethany R. M., Mitchell, Thomas C., Carine, Mark A., Harris, David J. & Scotland, Robert W., 2015, A foundation monograph of Convolvulus L. (Convolvulaceae), PhytoKeys 51, pp. 1-282 : 49-50

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4. Convolvulus arvensis L., Sp. Pl. 1: 153. 1753. (Linnaeus 1753: 153). Figure 3, t. 19-27

Convolvulus hastatus Forssk., Fl. Aegypt.-Arab. 203. 1775. ( Forsskål 1775: 203). Type. EGYPT, Cairo, Forssk å l s.n. (syntype C10002044).

Convolvulus minor Gilib. Fl. Lit. Inch. 1: 43. 1782. ( Gilibert 1782: 43). Type. Not specified.

Convolvulus auriculatus Desr., Encycl. [Lamarck et al.] 3: 540. 1792. ( Desrousseaux 1792: 540). Type. MAURITIUS ("Isle de France"), Commerson s.n (holotype P00608776).

Convolvulus prostratus F.W.Schmidt, Fl. Boëm. Cent. 2: 93. 1793 [pub. 1794], nom illeg., non Convolvulus prostratus Forssk. (1775). ( Schmidt 1793: 93). Type. Icon 237 linked to Schmidt (1793) in Prague University Library.

Convolvulus sagittifolius Salisb., Prodr. Stirp. Chap. Allerton 123. 1796, superfluous name for Convolvulus arvensis L. ( Salisbury 1796: 123).

Convolvulus hastifolius Poir., Encycl. [Lamarck et al.] Suppl. 3: 467 (1814), lapsus [spelling mistake] for Convolvulus hastatus Forssk. ( Poiret 1814: 467).

Convolvulus corsicus Roem. & Schult., Syst. Veg, ed. 15 bis [Roemer & Schultes] 4: 256. 1819. ( Roemer and Schultes 1819: 256). Type: CORSICA, no type cited.

Convolvulus cherleri C.Agardh ex Roem. & Schult., Syst. Veg, ed. 15 bis [Roemer & Schultes] 4: 261. 1819. ( Roemer and Schultes 1819: 261). Type. SPAIN, Malaga, C. Agardh (whereabouts unknown).

Convolvulus malcolmii Roxb., Fl. Ind. (Roxburgh) 2: 55.1824. ( Roxburgh 1824: 55). Type. a plant cultivated in Kolkata from seed brought from Iran by Malcolm (lectotype, Icon. 1532 (K) accompanying Flora Indica, designated here).

Convolvulus arvensis var. pumilus Choisy, Prodr. [A.P. de Candolle] 9: 407. 1845. ( Choisy 1845: 407). Type. GERMANY, Thuringia, Wallroth s.n. (P, not seen).

Convolvulus arvensis var. obtusifolius Choisy, Prodr. [A.P. de Candolle] 9: 406. 1845. ( Choisy 1845: 406). Type. Based on Convolvulus corsicus Roem. & Schult.

Convolvulus arvensis var. biflorus Choisy, Prodr. [A.P. de Candolle] 9: 406. 1845. ( Choisy 1845: 406). Type. EGYPT, Cairo, Forsskål s.n. (C10002044, lectotype designated here).

Convolvulus arvensis var. multiflorus Choisy, Prodr. [A.P. de Candolle] 9: 407. 1845. ( Choisy 1845: 407). Type. LEBANON, Mount Lebanon, Mergon s.n. (lectotype G-DC, designated by Sa’ad 1967: 218).

Convolvulus arvensis var. linearifolius Choisy, Prodr. [A.P. de Candolle] 9: 407. 1845. ( Choisy 1845: 407). Type. GERMANY, Thuringia, Wallroth s.n. (location unknown).

Convolvulus arvensis var. auriculatus (Desr.) Choisy, Prodr. [A.P. de Candolle] 9: 407. 1847. (Choisy 1847: 407). Type. Based on Convolvulus auriculatus Desr.

Convolvulus arvensis var. villosus Choisy. Prodr. [A.P. de Candolle] 9: 407. 1845. ( Choisy 1845: 407). Type. CHILE, J. Style s.n. (holotype G-DC, not seen).

Convolvulus arvensis var. minor Lindem, Bull. Soc. Imp. Naturalistes Moscou 23: 508. 1850. ( Lindemann 1850: 508). Type. BELARUS, Hainowka, Lindem s.n. with annotation Convolvulus quinquelobus (whereabouts uncertain,?LE).

Convolvulus arvensis var. hastulatus Meisn., Fl. Bras. (Martius). 7: 313. 1869. ( Meisner 1869: 313). Type: Southern Brazil, Sello; Uruguay and Argentina, Tweedie: Chile, Maximowicz (all syntypes, whereabouts unknown?B†).

Convolvulus arvensis var. aphacoefolius Pomel, Nouv. Mat. Fl. Atl. 1: 85. 1874. ( Pomel 1874: 85). Type. ALGERIA, Garrouban, Pomel s.n. (isotype MPU005194!).

Convolvulus arvensis var. filicaulis Pomel, Nouv. Mat. Fl. Atl. 1: 85. ( Pomel 1874: 85). Type. ALGERIA, Sidi-Bouzid, Djebel-amour, Pomel s.n. (isotype MPU005193!).

Convolvulus segobricensis Pau, Not. Bot. Fl. Espan, 1: 7. 1887. ( Pau 1887: 7). Type. SPAIN, Valencia, Pau s.n. (holotype MA?, not seen).

Convolvulus arvensis var. cherleri (C.Agardh ex Roem. & Schult.) Halácsy, Consp. Fl. Graec. 2: 307. 1902. ( Halácsy 1902: 307). Type. Based on Convolvulus cherleri C.Agardh ex Roem. & Schult.

Convolvulus ambigens House, Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 32: 139. 1905. ( House 1905: 139). Type. UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Colorado, C.S.Crandall 4218 (holotype NY!; isotype US).

Convolvulus europaeus Barb.-Gamp., Bull. Soc. Bot. Genève, ser. 2, 12: 236. 1921 [ “1920”]. ( Barbey-Gampert 1921: 236). Type. SPAIN, Picos de Europa, Barbey-Gampert s.n. (holotype G, not seen).

Convolvulus incanus var. glabratus Farw., Pap. Michigan Acad. Sci. 2: 36. 1923. ( Farwell 1923: 36).

Convolvulus arvensis Type. UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Michigan, Detroit, Farwell 5950 (isotypes GH00112744, BLH0000114).

Convolvulus arvensis var. paui Maire, Bull. Soc. Hist. Nat. Afrique N. 28: 370. 1937. ( Maire 1937: 370). Type. MOROCCO, P. Font Quer (holotype MPU006711!).

Convolvulus arvensis var. trigonophyllus Maire, Bull. Soc. Hist. Nat. Afrique N. 28: 370. 1937. ( Maire 1937: 370). Type. MOROCCO, Mont Amezdour, E.K. Balls 2740 (holotype MPU003790!)

Convolvulus arvensis subsp. crispatus Franco, Nova Fl. Portugal 2: 565. 1984. ( Franco 1984: 98). Type. PORTUGAL, Serpa, Herdade da Loja, F.Goinhas Palma (holotype LISI, not seen).

Type.

“Europe” (lectotype LINN 218.1!. designated by Meeuse 1958: 695).

Description.

Perennial herb from an extensive creeping underground rootstock, branched at base with trailing or twining quadrangular stems to about 75 cm long, plant glabrous to sparsely hairy. Leaves petiolate, 1-7 × 0.5-4 cm, broadly to narrowly ovate-deltoid, obtuse or acute, mucronulate, margin entire or undulate, base hastate to sagittate with simple auricles; petioles 1-2.5 cm. Flowers 1-3 in axillary pedunculate cymes; peduncles 1-5 cm; bracteoles 2.5-3 mm, filiform; pedicels 0.6-20 mm; sepals 3.5-4.5 × 2.5-3.5 mm, obovate to oblong, obtuse to mucronulate, scarious-margined; corolla 1.5-2.5 cm long, white or pink, undulate but not lobed, midpetaline bands often dark pink, pubescent; filaments glandular below; ovary glabrous, style glabrous, divided 7-8 mm above base, stigmas 2.5 mm. Capsule glabrous; seeds tuberculate. [ Sa’ad 1967: 214; Feinbrun-Dothan 1978: plate 65; Collenette 1999: 226 (photo); Tohmé and Tohmé 2007: 213 (photo); Silvestre 2012: 153; Sell and Murrell 2009: 343-344; Austin and Ghazanfar 1979: 28; Siddiqui 1977: 7 (Figure 2); Breckle and Rafiqpoor 2010: 41 (photo); Pignatti 1982: 389]

Distribution.

A very common cosmopolitan weed of all temperate regions which also grows in upland regions throughout the tropics.

Notes.

A very variable species especially in indumentum, leaf shape and flower colour, of which many forms and varieties have been described ( Choisy 1845: 406-407, Sa’ad 1967: 215-219; Franco 1984: 98, Sell and Murrell 2009: 343-344, for example). Convolvulus arvensis is usually easily recognised by the short sepals, which rarely exceed 4.5 mm, combined with a corolla about five times longer than the calyx. The leaves are usually, but not always, glabrous or nearly so and the auricles are unlobed.

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Solanales

Family

Convolvulaceae

Genus

Convolvulus

Loc

Convolvulus arvensis L., Sp. Pl. 1: 153. 1753. (Linnaeus 1753: 153).

Wood, John R. I., Williams, Bethany R. M., Mitchell, Thomas C., Carine, Mark A., Harris, David J. & Scotland, Robert W. 2015
2015
Loc

Convolvulus arvensis subsp. crispatus

Franco 1984
1984
Loc

Convolvulus incanus var. glabratus

Farw 1923
1923
Loc

Convolvulus europaeus

Barb - Gamp 1921
1921
Loc

Convolvulus ambigens

House 1905
1905
Loc

Convolvulus arvensis var. hastulatus

Meisn 1869
1869
Loc

Convolvulus arvensis var. pumilus

Choisy 1845
1845
Loc

Convolvulus arvensis var. obtusifolius

Choisy 1845
1845
Loc

Convolvulus arvensis var. multiflorus

Choisy 1845
1845
Loc

Convolvulus arvensis var. auriculatus

Choisy 1845
1845
Loc

Convolvulus arvensis var. villosus

Choisy 1845
1845
Loc

Convolvulus corsicus

Roem & Schult 1819
1819
Loc

Convolvulus corsicus

Roem & Schult 1819
1819
Loc

Convolvulus hastifolius

Poir 1814
1814
Loc

Convolvulus prostratus

Forssk., Fl. Aegypt. - Arab. 203. 1775. (Forsskal 1775
1775
Loc

Convolvulus prostratus

Forssk., Fl. Aegypt. - Arab. 203. 1775. (Forsskal 1775
1775
Loc

Convolvulus arvensis

L., Sp. Pl. 1: 153. 1753. (Linnaeus 1753
1753
Loc

Convolvulus arvensis

L., Sp. Pl. 1: 153. 1753. (Linnaeus 1753
1753