Convolvulus

Convolvulus
Convolvulus arvensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Solanales
Family:	Convolvulaceae
Tribe:	Convolvuleae
Genus:	Convolvulus L.
Type species
Convolvulus arvensis L.
Species
List of Convolvulus species

Convolvulus /kənˈvɒlvjuːləs/^[1] is a genus of about 200^[2] to 250^[3][4] species of flowering plants in the bindweed family Convolvulaceae,^[5] with a cosmopolitan distribution. Common names include bindweed and morning glory; both are names shared with other closely related genera.

They are annual or perennial herbaceous vines, bines and (a few species of) woody shrubs, growing to 0.3–3 m tall. The leaves are spirally arranged, and the flowers trumpet-shaped, mostly white or pink, but blue, violet, purple, or yellow in some species.^{[citation needed]}

Many of the species are invasive weeds; but others are cultivated for their attractive flowers, while some are globally threatened.^{[citation needed]}

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]}

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  Convolvulus dorycnium
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  Convolvulus sabatius
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  Cultivated Convolvulus tricolor
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  Convolvulus althaeoides
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  Convolvulus arvensis
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  Seed under a microscope
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  Convolvulus cephalopodus in Behbahan
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  Convolvulus cephalopodus in Behbahan

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Convolvulus.

• Beach, Chandler B., ed. (1914). "Convolvulus, Wild Morning-Glory" . The New Student's Reference Work . Chicago: F. E. Compton and Co.
• Flora Europaea: Convolvulus