Morning Glory ( Ipomoea hederacea )

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NC State Cooperative - New Hanover County Al Hight, County Extension Director

Based on the shape of the foliage in the background, it could be ivy leaved morning glory - Ipomoea hederacea.

Al

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Taxonomic Hierarchy
Kingdom	Plantae – Vegetal, plants
Subkingdom	Viridaeplantae – green plants
Infrakingdom	Streptophyta – land plants
Division	Tracheophyta – vascular plants, tracheophytes
Subdivision	Spermatophytina – spermatophytes, seed plants
Infradivision	Angiospermae – flowering plants, angiosperms
Class	Magnoliopsida
Superorder	Asteranae
Order	Solanales
Family	Convolvulaceae – morning glories, morning-glories
Genus	Ipomoea L. – morningglory, morning-glory
Species	Ipomoea hederacea Jacq. – entire leaf morning glory, Mexican morning glory, ivyleaf morning glory, ivyleaf morning-glory

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References and Further Reading

Ipomoea hederacea, Jacq. Taxonomic Serial No.: 503177

Zoology Quest: Morning Glory, Ipomoea pandurata

Zoology Quest: Cypress Vine, Ipomoea quamoclit

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Chart of Leaf Venation

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Chart of Leaf Venation Reference: Webster's New World Dictionary of the American Language (College Edition) ©1955
Base To Margin	Madrib To Margin	Parallel from Base to Tip
Pinnate	Palmate

References and Further Reading

Webster's New World Dictionary of the American Language (College Edition) ©1955

Zoology Quest: Chart of Leaf Shapes

Zoology Quest: Chart of Leaf Margins

Zoology Quest: Chart of Leaf Tips

Zoology Quest: Chart of Leaf Attachment and Arrangement

Zoology Quest: Chart of Leaf Kinds

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Trifoliolate

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Pronunciation key ( trī-fō′li-ə-lāt′ )

tri•fo•li•o•late

Trifoliolate leaf

adj.

[< tri- + Mod. L. foliolum, dim of L. folium, a leaf; + ate].

1. divided into three leaflets such as clover.

References and Further Reading

Webster's New World Dictionary of the American Language (College Edition) ©1955

Firefly Encyclopedia of Trees, Edited by Steve Cafferty M.Sc. ©2005

Zoology Quest: Chart of Leaf Shapes

Zoology Quest: Trifoliate

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Palmate

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Pronunciation key ( pal′māt ) ( pal′mit )

pal•mate

Palmately lobed leaf

adj.

[L. palmatus < palma, the palm].

1. shaped like a hand with the fingers spread;
• in botany, having veins or lobes radiating from a common center, as some types of leaves.
• in zoology, web-footed, such as with many water dwelling birds.

References and Further Reading

Webster's New World Dictionary of the American Language (College Edition) ©1955

Firefly Encyclopedia of Trees, Edited by Steve Cafferty M.Sc. ©2005

Zoology Quest: Chart of Leaf Shapes

Read More »

Obovate

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Pronunciation key ( ob-ō′vāt )

ob•o•vate

Obovate leaf

adj.

1. inversely ovate; possessing the shape of the longitudal section of an egg but the top in the location of the broad end as with some leaves.

Obovate leaf

References and Further Reading

Webster's New World Dictionary of the American Language (College Edition) ©1955

Firefly Encyclopedia of Trees, Edited by Steve Cafferty M.Sc. ©2005

Zoology Quest: Chart of Leaf Shapes

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Oblique

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Pronunciation key ( ə-blēk′ ) ( ō-blīk′ )

ob•lique

Oblique leaf

adj.

[L. obliquuis < ob- (see OB-) + liquis, awry].

1. Having a slanting direction or position, neither horizontal or perpindicular, neither level or upright; inclined
2. Lacking a straight to the point characteristic. Failure to be straightforward; indirect
therefore,
3. Evasive, disingenuous, underhand, etc.
4. In anatomy, designating any certain muscles obliquely placed and attached.
5. In botany, having unequal sides as with some leaves.
6. In grammar, designating any case except the nominative and vocative (sometimes the accusative).
7. In rhetoric, indirect: said of discourse.

v.i.
[OBLIQUED (-blēkt′), OBLIQUING]

1. To veer from the perpendicular; slant.
2. In military usage, to change the original direction of march by approximately 45 degrees.

Abbreviated as obl.

References and Further Reading

Webster's New World Dictionary of the American Language (College Edition) ©1955

Firefly Encyclopedia of Trees, Edited by Steve Cafferty M.Sc. ©2005

Zoology Quest: Chart of Leaf Shapes

Read More »