Convolvulus oleifolius var. oleifolius

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 : 170

157a. Convolvulus oleifolius var. oleifolius

Convolvulus oleifolius var.β Desr. in Lamarck, Encycl. 3: 552. 1792. ( Desrousseaux 1792: 552). Type. without data (P-JU).

Convolvulus linearis Curtis, Bot. Mag. t.289. 1795, nom. illeg., non Convolvulus linearis Lam. (1779). ( Curtis 1795: t. 289) Type. Icon. t. 289 in Curtis, Bot.Mag. (1795).

Convolvulus oleifolius var. pauciflorus Feinbrun, Palestine J. Bot., Jerusalem Ser. 2: 97.1940. ( Eig and Feinbrun 1940: 97). Type. PALESTINE/ISRAEL, Eig et al. s.n., four syntypes given.

Convolvulus oleifolius var. scopulorum Rech.f., Akad. Wiss. Wien, Math.-Naturwiss. Kl., Denkschr. 105: 107. 1944. ( Rechinger 1944: 107). Type. GREECE, Crete, Kissamos, Grabusa Dimitraki Island, Rechinger 12165 (holotype W).

Convolvulus oleifolius subsp. scopulorum (Rech.f.) Greuter & Pleger, Willdenowia 13: 55. 1983. ( Greuter et al. 1983: 55). Type. Based on Convolvulus oleifolius var. scopulorum Rech.f.

Distingushing features.

Very variable in habit but commonly ascending with stems> 10 cm in length and branches herbaceous. Leaves very variable but usually 2.5-6 × 0.4-0.8 cm.

Distribution.

Eastern Mediterranean: Malta (Wright s.n.); Greece (Aucher-Eloy 1388, Townsend 71/158); Crete (Rechinger 12165); Cyprus (Merton 530, Davis 3286K); Aegean Islands ( Boratyńska et al. 88); Turkey (Dudley 35421); Libya (Pampannini & Pichi-Sermolli 6220, Guichard Lib/558); Egypt (Wanntorp & Sjödin 2390); Palestine/Israel (Grierson 4/1970).