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Genus: Convolvulus Life
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> Family: Convolvulaceae
 Convolvulus mauritanicus,
in the Company Gardens, Cape Town. Native to North Africa. |
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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 13
species indigenous and one species naturalised in southern Africa, with an
additional three species cultivated in the region. Differs from Ipomoea in having the stigma divided.
Species native to southern Africa
List from
Plants of
southern Africa - an online checklist (SANBI),
Flora of Zimbabwe
and Flora of
Mozambique.
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Convolvulus argillicola |
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Convolvulus aschersonii |
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Convolvulus bidentatus |
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Convolvulus boedeckerianus |
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Convolvulus capensis |
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Convolvulus dregeanus |
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Convolvulus farinosus |
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Convolvulus galpinii |
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Convolvulus multifidus |
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Convolvulus natalensis |
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Convolvulus ocellatus
See
Flora of Zimbabwe. |
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Convolvulus sagittatus
See
Flora of Zimbabwe. |
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Convolvulus thunbergii |
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Species naturalised in southern Africa
List from
Plants
of Southern Africa - an Online Checklist (SANBI).
Other species, cultivated in southern Africa
List from
Glen (2002).
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Convolvulus cneorum
Native to the western Mediterranean
region.
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Convolvulus floridus
Native to Canary Island.
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Convolvulus sabatius
Native to Italy and North Africa.
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Herbivores
in southern Africa
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