taxonID	type	description	language	source
03FA437DEC7C473BFC85FC4DFE22F85A.taxon	description	Perennial herbs; pubescent to velvety silky when young. Stem prostrate or twining, grows c. 90 cm long. Leaves petiolate, 4 – 7 × 1.5 – 3 cm; leaf blade triangular to cordate-deltoid, auricles acute, obscurely crenate, apex acute to acuminate, leaf margin entire, undulate to serrate; petioles 2 – 4.5 cm long. Cymes axillary, 1 – 6 - flowered; peduncle c. 4.5 cm long. Bracts linear to linear-lanceolate, subulate, 2 – 3 mm long, minute; pedicels 1 – 1.5 cm long. Sepals ovate to lanceolate, 7 – 9 × 4 – 5 mm, acute, apex slightly reflexed; outer sepals pubescent; inner glabrous, apex often bent outward. Corolla 1 – 1.3 cm across, white or pinkish purple, shallowly lobed; mid-petaline bands pubescent at tips. Stamens 5; filaments 5 ‒ 7 mm, glandular pubescent at the base; anther lobes c. 2 mm long. Ovary glabrous; style 8 – 10 mm, divided 3 – 4 mm above the base; stigma linear, 2 – 3 mm long. Capsules globose, 5 – 7 mm in diam., pale brown, glabrous, 4 - seeded. Seeds blackish, 3 ‒ 4 mm, sub-trigonous, glabrous, scabridulous. Flowering & Fruiting: Flowering and fruiting from June to July. Habitat: Growing along roadside in Nilgiri forests, in association with Ipomoea wightii (Wall.) Choisy, Cestrum aurantiacum Lindl., Mimosa pudica L. Distribution: The native range of this species is Eritrea to South Africa, Madagascar, Arabian Peninsula (POWO, 2024) and now in India (Fig. 3). Specimen examined: INDIA, Tamil Nadu, Gudalur district, 11 0 29 ’ 18.9 ’’ N 76 0 31 ’ 26.8 ’’ E, 1525 m, 06.07.2023, Sutar & Shimpale PVS 01 (NCK!).	en	P. V., Sutar, S. B., Patil, S. A., Patil, A. P., Jangam, Shimpale, V. B. (2024): Convolvulus farinosus (Convolvulaceae): an addition to the Flora of India from Nilgiri Hills. Rheedea 34 (5): 506-509, DOI: 10.22244/rheedea.2024.34.05.11
03FA437DEC7C473BFC85FC4DFE22F85A.taxon	materials_examined	ETHIOPIA, s. d., Schimper 599 (K [K 000097340] digital image!). SYDNEY, s. d., G. Broadhead & L. Broadhead s. n. (NSW [NSW 603525] digital image!). Notes: Convolvulus rufescens Choisy, an endemic species is also reported from the Nilgiri Hills of India, but it differs from C. farinosus by having cuneate leaf base, leaf blades strongly dentate, pedicels 8 - 10 mm long, peduncles 6 – 8 mm long and filaments glabrous.	en	P. V., Sutar, S. B., Patil, S. A., Patil, A. P., Jangam, Shimpale, V. B. (2024): Convolvulus farinosus (Convolvulaceae): an addition to the Flora of India from Nilgiri Hills. Rheedea 34 (5): 506-509, DOI: 10.22244/rheedea.2024.34.05.11
