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Taxon: Ipomoea aquatica Forssk.

Genus: Ipomoea subgenus: Eriospermum section: Erpipomoea
Family: Convolvulaceae tribe: Ipomoeeae.
Nomen number: 20138
Place of publication: Fl. aegypt.-arab. 44. 1775
Name verified on: 02-Sep-1992 by ARS Systematic Botanists. Last updated: 21-Jul-2000
Species priority site is: Southern Regional PI Station (S9).
Accessions: 6 in National Plant Germplasm System.
  • all available ) NPGS accessions ) or .
  • all available ) NPGS accessions by country.


SPECIES RESTRICTED BECAUSE FEDERAL AND STATE NOXIOUS WEED
A declared noxious weed by USDA-APHIS.
A declared aquatic or terrestrial noxious weed and/or noxious-weed seed in these U.S. states (see state noxious weed lists), with links to state information or web documents:
ALª, FLª, MAª, NCª, NHª, OKª, SCª, TXª.
ªAquatic. *Terrestrial. °In seed.
Link to noxious weed information from Invaders Database System
Link to species profile at National Invasive Species Information Center

Common names:

  • Chinese water-spinach   (Source: USDA/APHIS ) – English
  • swamp morning-glory   (Source: Names Beetle ) – English
  • water-convolvulus   (Source: G. W. Staples, p.c.) – English
  • water-spinach   (Source: World Econ Pl ) – English
  • liseron d'eau   (Source: Pl Res SEAs 8:181.) – French
  • patate aquatique   (Source: Dict Rehm ) – French
  • Wasserspinat   (Source: Dict Rehm ) – German
  • kangkong   (Source: Mansf Ency ) – Indonesian
  • kangkung   (Source: F Males ) – Malay
  • cancon   (Source: Dict Rehm ) – Portuguese
  • espinaca acuática   (Source: Dict Rehm ) – Spanish
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Distributional range:

      Native: (links to other web resources are provided for some distributions)
  • AFRICA
    Northeast Tropical Africa: Chad; Ethiopia; Somalia; Sudan
    East Tropical Africa: Kenya; Tanzania [incl. Pemba, Zanzibar]; Uganda
    West-Central Tropical Africa: Burundi; Cameroon; Central African Republic; Congo
    West Tropical Africa: Gambia; Ghana; Guinea; Mali; Mauritania; Nigeria; Senegal; Sierra Leone
    South Tropical Africa: Angola; Malawi; Mozambique; Zambia; Zimbabwe
    Southern Africa: Botswana; Namibia
  • ASIA-TEMPERATE
    China: China
  • ASIA-TROPICAL
    Indian Subcontinent: Bangladesh; India; Nepal; Pakistan; Sri Lanka
    Indo-China: Cambodia; Laos; Myanmar; Thailand; Vietnam
    Malesia: Indonesia; Malaysia; Papua New Guinea; Philippines
  • AUSTRALASIA
    Australia: Australia - Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia
  • SOUTHERN AMERICA
    Mesoamerica: Costa Rica; Nicaragua; Panama
    Caribbean: Dominican Republic; Haiti; Jamaica
    Northern South America: Guyana; Suriname
    Brazil: Brazil
    Western South America: Peru

      Naturalized: (links to other web resources are provided for some distributions)
      Cultivated:
  • ASIA-TEMPERATE
    China: China
  • widely cultivated in tropics

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Check other databases for Ipomoea aquatica Forssk.:

  • Flora of China: Online version from Harvard University
  • AVH: Australia's Virtual Herbarium Map Display Interface
  • SIBIS: South African National Biodiversity Institute's (SANBI) Integrated Biodiversity System
  • On-line Flora of Zimbabwe
  • PLANTS: USDA-NRCS Database of Plants of the United States and its Territories
  • TROPICOS: Nomenclatural and Specimen Database of the Missouri Botanical Garden
  • Mansfeld: Mansfeld's World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops
  • PROTABASE: Plant Resources of Tropical Africa's (PROTA's) online resource
  • ePIC: Electronic Plant Information Centre of Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
  • AGRICOLA: Article Citation Database or NAL Catalog of USDA's National Agricultural Library
  • Entrez: NCBI's search engine for PubMed citations, GenBank sequences, etc.
    Note: Defaults to a search by genus or species epithet if species binomial not found.

Images:

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  • Check PlantSystematics.org for additional images
  • Google Images Images Note: Be advised that their identity may be inaccurate. Proper identification of a plant may require specialized taxonomic knowledge or comparison with properly documented herbarium material.

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Cite as:
USDA, ARS, National Genetic Resources Program.
Germplasm Resources Information Network - (GRIN) [Online Database].
National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/taxon.pl?20138 (09 February 2010)

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