Convolvulus tricolor subsp. tricolor

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 : 119

90a. Convolvulus tricolor subsp. tricolor

Convolvulus minor Mill., Gard. Dict. ed. 8: 24. 1768. ( Miller 1768: 24). Type. An unspecified cultivated plant.

Convolvulus tricolor var. pseudotricolor Bertol., Fl. Ital. 2; 450. 1835. ( Bertoloni 1835: 450). Type. ITALY, Genoa, Sturla (GE†).

Convolvulus tricolor var. hortensis Batt., Fl. Algerie 594. 1890. ( Battandier 1890: 594).

Convolvulus tricolor subsp. tricolor Type. Plate in Reichenbach (1858: t.137, I, II, 1-10).

Convolvulus maroccanus Batt., Bull. Soc. Bot., France 58: 187. 1911. ( Battandier 1911: 187). Type. MOROCCO, Casablanca, Gentil s.n. (holotype MPU007512).

Convolvulus tricolor subsp. cupanianus var. guttatus Batt. & Maire, Bull. Soc. Hist. Nat. Afrique N. 19:61. 1928. ( Maire 1927: 74). Type. ALGERIA, between Madaurum and Mount Ouenza, Mdaourouch, Maire s.n.(syntype MPU010254) and Guelma, Battandier s.n. (syntype).

Convolvulus tricolor subsp. hortensis (Batt.) Maire, Bull. Soc. Hist. Nat. Afrique N. 19: 61. 1928. ( Maire 1928: 61). Type. Based on Convolvulus tricolor var. hortensis Batt.

Convolvulus tricolor var. quadricolor Batt. & Maire, Bull. Soc. Hist. Nat. Afrique N. 19: 61. 1928. ( Maire 1928: 61). Type. TUNISIA, Tunis, Battandier s.n. (lectotype MPU001918, designated here).

Convolvulus tricolor var. maroccanus (Batt.) Maire, Cat. Pl. Maroc. 3: 589. 1934. (Jahandiez and Maire 1934: 589). Type. Based on Convolvulus maroccanus Batt.

Distinguishing features.

The upper, green part of the sepals is acute and shorter than the lower colourless part.

Distribution.

Mostly western Mediterranean: Spain (Boissier 1837); Portugal (Atchley 454); France (Meebold 1928); Italy (Joad 1882); Greece (Turner 43); Morocco (Davis 417, Jury et al. 19326); Algeria (Faure s.n. [3/5/1931]). Cultivated and adventive in Turkey, Crete, Lebanon, the Middle East, Pakistan and doubtless elsewhere.