Convolvulus tujuntauensis Kinzik., Fl. Tadzhikskoi SSR 7: 524. 1984. (Kinzikaeva 1984: 524).

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 : 147

124. Convolvulus tujuntauensis Kinzik., Fl. Tadzhikskoi SSR 7: 524. 1984. (Kinzikaeva 1984: 524).

Type.

TAJIKISTAN, Kinzikaeva, Soskov & Possadskaja s.n. [29/8/1960] (holotype LE!; isotype LE!).

Description.

Small grey-pilose undershrub similar in general facies to Convolvulus divaricatus but stems more rigidly erect and only reaching 30 cm, leaves 1-3 × 0.2-0.5 cm, linear to linear-oblanceolate. Flowers subsessile or shortly pedunculate with peduncles to 1.2 cm, bracteoles persistent, pedicels very short, <1 mm, sepals c. 6 mm long, narrowly ovate, acuminate, corolla somewhat larger, 1.2-1.6 mm long. Ovary, style and capsule all pilose. Also close to Convolvulus subsericeus but much more hirsute.

Distribution.

Tajikistan, Tujun-tau, apparently only known from the type.

Notes.

This species needs revision. It may or may not prove to be distinct from Convolvulus divaricatus . It should be noted that some details in the protologue are incorrect, particularly as to the size and shape of the leaves.