Convolvulus pilosellifolius var. pilosellifolius

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 : 137-138

112a. Convolvulus pilosellifolius var. pilosellifolius Figure 15, t. 17-25

Convolvulus piloselloides D.Dietr., Syn. Pl. 1: 677.1839, lapsus [spelling mistake] for Convolvulus pilosellifolius Desr. ( Dietrich 1839: 677).

Convolvulus sogdianus Bunge, Beitr. Fl. Russl. 219. 1852. ( Bunge 1852: 395). Type. UZBEKISTAN, Bukhara, Lehmann s.n. (holotype LE!; isotype P!).

Convolvulus ammocharis Boiss. & Hausskn., Pl. Orient. Nov. (dec. prim.) 1: 6. 1875. ( Boissier 1875a: 6). Type. IRAN, Bushehr, Haussknecht s.n. (holotype G; isotypes BM001014570!, P03551021!, W!).

Convolvulus ammophilus St.-Lag, Ann. Soc. Bot. Lyon 7: 123. 1880, illegitimate superfluous name for Convolvulus ammocharis Boiss. & Hausskn. ( Saint-Lager 1880: 123). Type. Based on Haussknecht s.n.

Convolvulus bornmuelleri Hausskn., Mitth. Thüring. Bot. Vereins n.f., 6: 56. 1894. ( Bornmüller 1894: 56). Type. IRAN, Bandar Abbas, Bornmüller 468 (holotype B†; isotype K!).

Convolvulus pilosellifolius var. leiocalycinus Sa’ad, Meded. Bot. Mus. Herb. Rijks Univ. Utrecht 281: 191. 1967. ( Sa’ad 1967: 191). Type. TURKEY, Gazintep, Haussknecht s.n. (holotype P).

Convolvulus sistanicus de Marco & Dinelli, Ann. Bot. (Rome) 35-36: 427. 1978 [1976-7]. ( Dinelli and de Marco 1978: 427). Type. IRAN, Sistan Depression, de Marco 75044 (holotype URT!).

Convolvulus chaudharyi Alfarhan, Brittonia 45: 170. 1993. ( Alfarhan 1993: 170). Type. SAUDI ARABIA, Jiddah, Collenette 6961 (holotype RIY; isotypes E!, K!).

Distinguishing features.

Leaves lanceolate or oblong, at least 2 cm wide. Inflorescence usually of several flowers.

Distribution.

Middle East and Central Asia but apparently absent from the Indian subcontinent and Africa, apart from Egypt and Libya; in Arabia rare and absent from the south: Libya (Guichard Lib/356); Egypt (Simpson 6073); Jordan (Townsend 65/389, Trought 21/5/1952); Palestine/Israel (Meyers & Dinsmore 3632); Syria (Haradjian 3433); Turkey; Iraq (Barklay et al. 5055, Guest 2475, Rustam 3492); Kuwait (Boulos 16221, Rawi et al. 10774); U.A.E. (Western 551); Saudi Arabia (Collenette 2521, 4443); Iran (Haussknecht s.n. [5/1867], Rechinger 4118, Davis & Bokhari 56081); Azerbaijan (Grossheim & Schiskin 315); Uzbekistan (Androssow s.n. [27/6/1901], Vvedensky 443 in Herb. Fl. As. Med); Turkmenistan (Litwinow 1644, Nevski 300), Kirgizstan (Lazkov s.n.); Tajikistan (Korshinsky 3299); Kazakhstan (Litvinov s.n. [23/5/1899]); Afghanistan (Griffith 680, Koie 2884); Pakistan: Balochistan (Ghafoor & Goodman 5076).

Notes.

Convolvulus chaudharyi is a form with the corolla lobes divided nearly to the base.