Convolvulus
| Bindweed | |
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| bindweed photograph: Convolvulus arvensis L. |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Eudicots |
| (unranked): | Asterids |
| Order: | Solanales |
| Family: | Convolvulaceae |
| Genus: | Convolvulus L. |
| Type species | |
| Convolvulus arvensis L. |
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| Species | |
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Convolvulus (
/kənˈvɒlvjuːləs/)[1] is a genus of about 200[2] species of flowering plants in the bindweed family Convolvulaceae, with a cosmopolitan distribution. Common names include bindweed and morning glory, both names shared with other closely related genera.
They are annual or perennial herbaceous vines, bines and (a few species of) woody shrubs, growing to 0.3-3 m tall. The leaves are spirally arranged, and the flowers trumpet-shaped, mostly white or pink, but blue, violet, purple or yellow in some species.
Many of the species are problematic weeds, which can swamp other more valuable plants by climbing over them, but some are also deliberately grown for their attractive flowers. However, some other species are globally threatened.
This species occurs in many temperate regions. They are mostly slender, creeping winding vines. A few are small perennials. They have simple, alternate leaves and wide funnel-shaped flowers.
Convolvulus species are used as food plants by the larvae of some Lepidoptera species including the leaf-miner Bucculatrix cantabricella (feeds exclusively on Convolvulus cantabricus), Bedellia annuligera (recorded on Convolvulus arvensis), Bedellia somnulentella and Orthonama obstipata (The Gem).
- Selected species
- Convolvulus althaeoides – Mallow Bindweed, Riviera Bindweed
- Convolvulus angustissimus
- Convolvulus arvensis – Lesser Bindweed, Field bindweed
- Convolvulus assyricus
- Convolvulus boissieri
- Convolvulus calvertii
- Convolvulus calycina
- Convulvulus canariensis
- Convolvulus cantabrica
- Convolvulus capensis
- Convolvulus carrii
- Convolvulus cataonnicus
- Convolvulus chilensis
- Convolvulus cneorum – Shrubby Bindweed, Silvery Bindweed, Silverbush
- Convolvulus compactus
- Convolvulus dorycnium
- Convolvulus equitans – Gray Bindweed, Texas Bindweed
- Convolvulus erubescens
- Convolvulus eyreanus
- Convolvulus floridus
- Convolvulus fractosaxosa
- Convolvulus graminetinus
- Convolvulus hermanniae
- Convolvulus holosericeus
- Convolvulus humilis
- Convolvulus incanus
- Convolvulus ipomoeeae – Morning Glory, Moonflower
- Convolvulus lineatus – Pygmy Bindweed
- Convolvulus minor syn. C. tricolor - Dwarf morning glory
- Convolvulus nodiflorus – Aguinaldo Blanco
- Convolvulus ocellatus
- Convolvulus nyctagineus
- Convolvulus oleifolius
- Convolvulus pentapetaloides
- Convolvulus persicus
- Convolvulus phrygius
- Convolvulus pilosellifolius – Soft Bindweed
- Convolvulus remotus
- Convolvulus sabatius – Blue Rock Bindweed
- Convolvulus scammonia – Scammony
- Convolvulus secundus - [1]
- Convolvulus scoparius
- Convolvulus siculus
- Convolvulus suffruticosus
- Convolvulus tricolor – Dwarf Convolvulus, Dwarf Morning Glory
- Convolvulus valentinus
- Convolvulus verecundus
- Convolvulus waitaha
- Convolvulus wallichianus – Wallich's Bindweed
[edit] References
- ^ Sunset Western Garden Book, 1995:606–607
- ^ Carine, M. A. and L. Robba. (2010). Taxonomy and evolution of the Convolvulus sabatius complex (Convolvulaceae). Phytotaxa 14 1.
[edit] External links
Media related to Convolvulus at Wikimedia Commons 
Data related to Convolvulus at Wikispecies
