Ipomoea kahloae is a species of flowering plant in the morning glory genus Ipomoea, family Convolvulaceae, native to the state of Guerrero, Mexico.[1] Known from only a few localities in semi-deciduous tropical forests, it has a number of distinctive features, including stems and petioles with pronounced wings, and magenta corollas.[2]

Ipomoea kahloae
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Solanales
Family: Convolvulaceae
Genus: Ipomoea
Species:
I. kahloae
Binomial name
Ipomoea kahloae

The specific epithet "... honors the Mexican artist Frida Kahlo (1907–1954), one of the most influential Latin American artists of the 20th century. Frida Kahlo, besides being a painter, participated in many cultural, academic and political activities and was a social activist. Kahlo revived the roots of Mexican popular art and became a cultural reference point for the people of Mexico and its national identity."[3]

References

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  1. ^ "Ipomoea kahloae Gonz.-Martínez, Lozada-Pérez & Rios-Carr". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 12 August 2022.
  2. ^ Wood, John R. I.; Muñoz-Rodríguez, Pablo; Williams, Bethany R. M.; Scotland, Robert W. (2020). "A foundation monograph of Ipomoea (Convolvulaceae) in the New World". PhytoKeys (143): 1–823. doi:10.3897/phytokeys.143.32821. PMC 7298354. PMID 32577084.
  3. ^ González-Martínez, César Adrián; Lozada-Pérez, Lucio; Rios-Carrasco, Sandra; Alvarado-Cárdenas, Leonardo O.; Martínez-González, César Ramiro; Castro-Lara, José Manuel; Jiménez-Ramírez, Jaime (2018). "Ipomoea kahloiae (Convolvulaceae), a noteworthy new species endemic to Guerrero, Mexico". Phytotaxa. 356: 49. doi:10.11646/phytotaxa.356.1.4. S2CID 90855199.