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- proper noun A taxonomic
genus within thefamily Convolvulaceae — the truebindweeds orconvolvuluses .
Etymologies
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Examples
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The _Ipomoea_ is very nearly related to the _Convolvulus_, one principal difference consists in the different form of its stigma, which is globular, like that of the Primrose; whereas in the Convolvulus it is divided into two substances, as is obviously shewn in the _Convolvulus arvensis_ and _sepium_, but all the plants of these two genera have not this character marked with equal strength.
The Botanical Magazine Vol. 7 or, Flower-Garden Displayed William Curtis 1772
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The most novel plant is a curious, erect, bushy, thorny Convolvulus, which is one of the most common plants farther in.
Journals of Travels in Assam, Burma, Bhootan, Afghanistan and the Neighbouring Countries William Griffith
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Page vi and "Convolvulus," etc., as these plants are characteristically rich in such products.
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Particularly rare and threatened plants include Convolvulus persica, Ephedra distachya, Merendera sobolifera, Plantago coronopus and Petunia parviflora.
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Coastal community endemics include Aegilops sharonensis, Anthemis tripolitana, Ballota philistaea, Convolvulus secundus, Ornithogalum densum, Rumex occultans, and Silene modesta.
Southern Anatolian montane conifer and deciduous forests 2008
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- Lonicera caucasica, and Juniperus communis ssp. nana-Convolvulus calvertii woodlands.
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Other important endemic species are Ceropegia fusca, Plocama pendula, Salvia canariensis, Argyranthemum frutescens, Rumex lunaria, Convolvulus floridus, and Messerschmidia fruticosa.
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The presence of original desert types that are dominated by the endemic Astragalus vilosissimus and shrub bindweed (Convolvulus hammada) are characteristic for the east part of region.
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Other river-bed species include Trianthema pentandra, a valuable fodder plant, Silene kilianii, Lupinus pilosus and Convolvulus fatmensis.
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Trianthema pentandra, Spergularia fontenellei, Bergia suffruticosa, Hypericum psilophytum, Convolvulus fatmensis, Anticharis glandulosa and Utricularia exoleta.
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