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Morning Glory family🌸
Convolvulaceae
ヒルガオ科
A family including morning glories, bindweeds, and sweet potatoes. Many species are climbing vines, characterized by funnel-shaped flowers. Sweet potato is an important food crop. Approximately 58 genera and 1,880 species worldwide.
Key Characteristics
- ●Funnel-shaped sympetalous flowers
- ●Twining vines (mostly sinistrose/left-twining)
- ●Leaves mostly cordate to 3-lobed
- ●Stems may exude milky latex when cut
Morphological Traits
A family may include species with different trait values — multiple values indicate the range within the family.
Leaf arrangement
Alternate
Leaf type
Simple
Venation
Pinnate / Palmate
Leaf margin
Entire
Growth form
Shrub / Tree / Vine / Herb
Evergreen/Deciduous
Deciduous
Leaf dissection
Dissected / Undivided
Stipules
Absent
Latex
Present / Absent
Flower symmetry
Actinomorphic
Petal count
Many
Petal fusion
Fused
Ovary position
Superior
Stamen count
5
Plant sex
Dioecious / Hermaphrodite
Phylogenetic Position
Angiosperms > Eudicots > Solanales > Convolvulaceae
Divergence Era
Late Cretaceous to Paleogene
Representative Genera
Related Evolution Events
- ・Climbing growth strategy utilizing other plants as support