Vascular Plants Australian Plant Name Index (APNI)

Showing Ipomoea versipellis
Convolvulaceae Juss.
Ipomoea versipellis R.W.Johnson , legitimate, scientific
Johnson, R.W. (21 December 2012), New species and subspecies of Ipomoea L. (Convolvulaceae) from northern Australia and a key to the Australian species. Austrobaileya 8(4): 715-717, Fig. 8, Map 3 [tax. nov.]
  • Type: "Northern Territory. Darwin & Gulf: Keep River National Park, Spirit Hills, c. 17 km NNW of Bullo River Homestead, 22 March 2009, I.D.Cowie 12288 (holo: DNA [D191134]; iso: BRI, CANB n.v., MEL n.v., MO n.v., PERTH n.v.)."
taxonomic synonym: Ipomoea sp. B [n/a] taxonomic synonym: Ipomoea sp. OT Station (S.T.Blake 17676) NT Herbarium [n/a]
  • Etymology: "The specific epithet is from the Latin versipellis, meaning shape-changing, capable of altering its appearance. This refers to the variation that occurs in leaf shape from +/- ovate-triangular to deeply hastate and indumentum from densely hairy to very sparsely hairy."
Parker, C.M. & Biggs, L.J. (1 May 2014), Updates to Western Australia's vascular plant census for 2013. Nuytsia 24: 49 [secondary reference]
Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2016), Australian Plant Census: - APC [secondary reference]
taxonomic synonym: Ipomoea sp. B [n/a] taxonomic synonym: Ipomoea sp. OT Station (S.T.Blake 17676) NT Herbarium [n/a] taxonomic synonym: Ipomoea sp. B Kimberley Flora [n/a]
  • APC Dist.: WA, NT