convolvulus
{{Short description|Genus of flowering plants}}
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| image = Convolvulus arvensis bg.jpg
| image_caption = Convolvulus arvensis
| taxon = Convolvulus
| authority = L.
| type_species = Convolvulus arvensis
| type_species_authority = L.
| subdivision_ranks = Species
| subdivision = List of Convolvulus species
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File:Convolvulus Cephalopodus in Behbahan, Iran (1).jpg]]
Convolvulus {{IPAc-en|k|ə|n|ˈ|v|ɒ|l|v|juː|l|ə|s}}Sunset Western Garden Book. 1995. 606–07. is a genus of about 200Carine, M. A. and L. Robba. (2010). [http://www.mapress.com/phytotaxa/content/2010/f/p00014p021f.pdf Taxonomy and evolution of the Convolvulus sabatius complex (Convolvulaceae).] Phytotaxa 14 1. to 250[http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=107909 Convolvulus.] Flora of China.[http://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/cgi-bin/get_IJM.pl?tid=11474 Convolvulus]. The Jepson eFlora. 2013. species of flowering plants in the bindweed family Convolvulaceae,Parnell, J. and Curtis, T. 2012. Webb's An Irish Flora. Cork University Press. {{ISBN|978-185918-4783}} with a cosmopolitan distribution. Common names include bindweed and morning glory; both are names shared with other closely related genera.
Description
Ecology
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Many of the species are invasive weeds; but others are cultivated for their attractive flowers, while some are globally threatened.{{Citation needed|date=May 2023}}
Convolvulus species are used as food plants by the larvae of some Lepidoptera species, including the convolvulus hawk moth, the sweet potato leaf miner (Bedellia somnulentella) and the gem; the leaf miner Bucculatrix cantabricella feeds exclusively on C. cantabricus.{{Citation needed|date=May 2023}}
Gallery
File:PikiWiki Israel 7035 Plants of Israel.jpg|Convolvulus dorycnium
File:Convolvulus sabatius0.jpg|Convolvulus sabatius
File:Convolvulus tricolor.jpg|Cultivated Convolvulus tricolor
File:Convolvulus althaeoides 1-fruto.jpg|Convolvulus althaeoides
File:Convolvulus arvensis -flower view 01.jpg|Convolvulus arvensis
File:Семечко вьюнка.jpg|Seed under a microscope
File:Convolvulus Cephalopodus in Behbahan, Iran (1).jpg|Convolvulus cephalopodus in Behbahan
File:Convolvulus Cephalopodus in Behbahan, Iran (2).jpg|Convolvulus cephalopodus in Behbahan
References
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External links
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- {{Cite NSRW|wstitle=Convolvulus, Wild Morning-Glory}}
- [http://rbg-web2.rbge.org.uk/cgi-bin/nph-readbtree.pl/feout?FAMILY_XREF=&GENUS_XREF=Convolvulus&SPECIES_XREF=&TAXON_NAME_XREF=&RANK= Flora Europaea: Convolvulus]
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