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The Origin of Quamoclit (Ipomoea quamoclit, Convolvulaceae): A Review

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The Origin of Quamoclit ( Ipomoea quamoclit , Convolvulaceae): A Review. Although it was originally American, I. quamoclit reached Europe by the 1550s. The vines are recorded from both Europe and India in the 1500s and were taken to both places because of its medical uses. While the species is now known as a garden ornamental and weed, there is a complicated record dealing with its early Renaissance discovery, transport, and the names it brought with it or that were later applied. Several aspects of these topics are discussed.

L’origine di Quamoclit (Ipomoea quamoclit, Convolvulaceae). Originario dell’America, I. quamoclit raggiunse l’arrivò in Europa attorno al 1550. L’importazione di questo rampicante per uso mediciale fu documentata nel 1500 sia in Europa che in India. Sebbene questa specie sia oggi conosciuta come pianta ornamentale e invadente, la documentazione della sua scoperta, trasporto e nomenclatura all’inizio del Rinascimento é piuttosto complicata. Diversi aspetti relativi a questi argomenti sono discussi.

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Acknowledgments

Mary Stiffler (Missouri Botanical Garden) provided difficult-to-locate documents and other literary assistance. Annalisa Managlia (Università di Bologna) kindly supplied information and literature on the Aldrovandi herbarium; Chiara Nepi (Università di Firenze) on the Caesalpino herbarium. Andrew McDonald (University of Texas Pan America, Edinburg) advised me on both the Sanskrit name and a draft of the manuscript. Scarlett Townsend and Lugene Bruno (both Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation) provided information about the original artwork by Jacopo Ligozzi. Latin translations were made with the aid of Alain Touwaide (Institute for the Preservation of Medical Traditions and Smithsonian Institution); Valeria Volin provided the Italian abstract. Translations were checked by Eckart Eich (Freie Universität, Berlin), German; Jane Hill (University of Arizona), Nahuatl; Richard Moyroud (Mesozoic Landscape, Lake Worth, FL), French; my neighbor Alex Velasco-Levy, Spanish; Valeria Volin (Storrs, CT), Italian. Alain Touwaide, Jane Hill, Dan Moerman (University of Michigan, Ypsilanti), and George Staples (Singapore Botanic Gardens) offered suggestions on an early draft.

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Austin, D.F. The Origin of Quamoclit (Ipomoea quamoclit, Convolvulaceae): A Review. Econ Bot 67, 63–79 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12231-013-9221-z

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