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Census of the genus Ipomoea in Jalgaon District, Maharashtra, India

Author Affiliations

  • 1Department of Botany, B.P. Arts S.M.A. Sci., K.K.C. Com. College, Chalisgaon, India
  • 2Department of Botany, Pratap College, Amalner, India

Int. Res. J. Biological Sci., Volume 6, Issue (2), Pages 51-53, February,10 (2017)

Abstract

The present paper reports 25 species under genera Ipomoea of family Convolvulaceae from Jalgaon district of Maharashtra. Ipomoea is the largest genus in the family Convolvulaceae. The family Convolvulaceae consists of 50 genera and more than 1200 species. The genus Ipomoea comprising about 600 species from all over the world and about 35 species were reported from Maharashtra1. They are generally herbaceous or shrubby climbers and rarely erect. Plants are usually laticiferous and have simple leaves, flowers hypogynous, pentamerous, regular and bisexual. The fruits are mostly loculicidal capsules, rarely fleshy or indehiscent. The family comprises annual and perennial, postrate, twinning and trailing herbs. Habit, phenology and frequency of occurrence of the taxa investigated along with their updated nomenclature are presented.

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