Ipomoea kahloae is a species of flowering plant in the morning glory genus Ipomoea, family Convolvulaceae, native to the state of Guerrero, Mexico.[1] Known from only a few localities in semi-deciduous tropical forests, it has a number of distinctive features, including stems and petioles with pronounced wings, and magenta corollas.[2]
Ipomoea kahloae | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Asterids |
Order: | Solanales |
Family: | Convolvulaceae |
Genus: | Ipomoea |
Species: | I. kahloae
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Binomial name | |
Ipomoea kahloae |
The specific epithet "... honors the Mexican artist Frida Kahlo (1907–1954), one of the most influential Latin American artists of the 20th century. Frida Kahlo, besides being a painter, participated in many cultural, academic and political activities and was a social activist. Kahlo revived the roots of Mexican popular art and became a cultural reference point for the people of Mexico and its national identity."[3]
References
edit- ^ "Ipomoea kahloae Gonz.-Martínez, Lozada-Pérez & Rios-Carr". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 12 August 2022.
- ^ Wood, John R. I.; Muñoz-Rodríguez, Pablo; Williams, Bethany R. M.; Scotland, Robert W. (2020). "A foundation monograph of Ipomoea (Convolvulaceae) in the New World". PhytoKeys (143): 1–823. doi:10.3897/phytokeys.143.32821. PMC 7298354. PMID 32577084.
- ^ González-Martínez, César Adrián; Lozada-Pérez, Lucio; Rios-Carrasco, Sandra; Alvarado-Cárdenas, Leonardo O.; Martínez-González, César Ramiro; Castro-Lara, José Manuel; Jiménez-Ramírez, Jaime (2018). "Ipomoea kahloiae (Convolvulaceae), a noteworthy new species endemic to Guerrero, Mexico". Phytotaxa. 356: 49. doi:10.11646/phytotaxa.356.1.4. S2CID 90855199.