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kituiensis

Taxon

Ipomoea kituiensis Vatke

Protologue Linnaea 43(5-6): 511. 1882 [Feb 1882]BHL pageIPNI
AcceptedGBIF
Predicted not threatened
Ipomoea kituensis--Kenya. Main Hwy, n. of Mapanga. Roadside. 27 Jun 04. 003.jpg

Ipomoea kituensis--Kenya. Main Hwy, n. of Mapanga. Roadside. 27 Jun 04. 003.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Ipomoea kituensis--Kenya. Main Hwy, n. of Mapanga. Roadside. 27 Jun 04. 007.jpg

Ipomoea kituensis--Kenya. Main Hwy, n. of Mapanga. Roadside. 27 Jun 04. 007.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Ipomoea kituensis--Kenya. Main Hwy, n. of Mapanga. Roadside. 27 Jun 04. 012.jpg

Ipomoea kituensis--Kenya. Main Hwy, n. of Mapanga. Roadside. 27 Jun 04. 012.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Ipomoea kituensis--Kenya. Main Hwy, n. of Mapanga. Roadside. 27 Jun 04. 001.jpg

Ipomoea kituensis--Kenya. Main Hwy, n. of Mapanga. Roadside. 27 Jun 04. 001.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Ipomoea kituensis--Kenya. Main Hwy, n. of Mapanga. Roadside. 27 Jun 04. 005.jpg

Ipomoea kituensis--Kenya. Main Hwy, n. of Mapanga. Roadside. 27 Jun 04. 005.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Ipomoea kituensis--Kenya. Main Hwy, n. of Mapanga. Roadside. 27 Jun 04. 009.jpg

Ipomoea kituensis--Kenya. Main Hwy, n. of Mapanga. Roadside. 27 Jun 04. 009.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Ipomoea kituensis--Kenya. Main Hwy, n. of Mapanga. Roadside. 27 Jun 04. 008.jpg

Ipomoea kituensis--Kenya. Main Hwy, n. of Mapanga. Roadside. 27 Jun 04. 008.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Ipomoea kituensis--Kenya. Main Hwy, n. of Mapanga. Roadside. 27 Jun 04. 002.jpg

Ipomoea kituensis--Kenya. Main Hwy, n. of Mapanga. Roadside. 27 Jun 04. 002.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Ipomoea kituensis--Kenya. Main Hwy, n. of Mapanga. Roadside. 27 Jun 04. 011.jpg

Ipomoea kituensis--Kenya. Main Hwy, n. of Mapanga. Roadside. 27 Jun 04. 011.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Ipomoea kituensis--Kenya. Main Hwy, n. of Mapanga. Roadside. 27 Jun 04. 004.jpg

Ipomoea kituensis--Kenya. Main Hwy, n. of Mapanga. Roadside. 27 Jun 04. 004.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Ipomoea kituensis--Kenya. Main Hwy, n. of Mapanga. Roadside. 27 Jun 04. 010.jpg

Ipomoea kituensis--Kenya. Main Hwy, n. of Mapanga. Roadside. 27 Jun 04. 010.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Native to Ethiopia, Kenya, Malawi, Tanzania, Zambia, Zimbabwe (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 1 occurrence across 1 country.

Distribution

Distribution from Plants of the World Online (POWO). View the accepted name on POWO

Occurrences

No collection number

June 27, 2004

Location

Kenya, Kericho (Kipchebor)

-0.378611, 35.266389

Location Remarks

Gilgil on Hwy A1

Collectors

No collectors specified

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Solanales

Family

Convolvulaceae

Genus

Ipomoea

Specific Epithet

kituiensis

Authorship

Vatke

Taxonomic Opinions

GBIFWFOPOWO

Conservation (EDGE)

What is EDGE?

Evolutionary distinctiveness

Lower

ED 3.6

Part of a well-represented branch of the plant tree of life, with many close relatives.

Threat status

Predicted not threatened

Modelled estimate

EDGE score

0.4

Global rank

#110,532 of 335,497

Top 33%

Extinction probability

12%

Source: Flowering plants EDGE assessment →