Biology:Convolvulus equitans

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Short description: Species of bindweed

Texas bindweed
Convolvulus equitans var. equitans.jpg
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Solanales
Family: Convolvulaceae
Genus: Convolvulus
Species:
C. equitans
Binomial name
Convolvulus equitans
Benth., 1839

Convolvulus equitans, commonly known as Texas bindweed, is a species of morning glory. It is native to the central and western United States and Mexico.[1] Its overlapping pedals give C. equitans its name; equitans being Latin for "riding on horseback".[2]

References

  1. "Convolvulus equitans Benth. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". http://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:266168-1. 
  2. Michael John Haddock, Freeman, C. C., & Bare, J. E. (2015). Kansas Wildflowers and Weeds (p. 231). University Press Of Kansas.

Wikidata ☰ Q15482305 entry