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Genus: Convolvulus

Life > eukaryotes > Archaeoplastida > Chloroplastida > Charophyta > Streptophytina > Plantae (land plants) > Tracheophyta (vascular plants) > Euphyllophyta > Lignophyta (woody plants) > Spermatophyta (seed plants) > Angiospermae (flowering plants) >  Eudicotyledons >  Core Eudicots >  Asterids >  Euasterid I > Order: Solanales >  Family: Convolvulaceae

 

Convolvulus mauritanicus, in the Company Gardens, Cape Town. Native to North Africa.

 

Convolvulus looks similar to Ipomoea but differs in having the stigma linearly divided. The naturalised species Convolvulus arvensis (Field bindweed, Wild morning-glory, Klimop) is a declared Category 1 invader plant in South Africa.

About 250 species, found worldwide, with 14 species indigenous and 1 species naturalised in southern Africa. Differs from Ipomoea in having the stigma divided.

Species native to southern Africa

List from Plants of Southern Africa - an Online Checklist (SANBI).

Convolvulus argillicola

 

Convolvulus arvensis

 

Convolvulus aschersonii

 

Convolvulus bidentatus

 

Convolvulus boedeckerianus

 

Convolvulus capensis

 

Convolvulus dregeanus

 

Convolvulus farinosus

 

Convolvulus galpinii

 

Convolvulus multifidus

 

Convolvulus natalensis

 

Convolvulus ocellatus

 

Convolvulus sagittatus

 

Convolvulus thunbergii

 

Herbivores in southern Africa

Agrius convolvuli (Convolvulus Hawkmoth)

 Caterpillars eat the leaves.

Lepidoptera<convolvulaveae< Sphingidae (hawkmoths)

 

Coelonia mauritii (Fulvous Hawkmoth)

 Caterpillars eat the leaves.

Lepidoptera<convolvulaveae< Sphingidae (hawkmoths)

 

 


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