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Taxon: Ipomoea coccinea L.

Genus: Ipomoea subgenus: Quamoclit section: Mina
Family: Convolvulaceae tribe: Ipomoeeae.
Nomen number: 20155
Place of publication: Sp. pl. 1:160. 1753
Typification: View record from Linnaean Plant Name Typification Project of the Natural History Museum of London.
Name verified on: 17-Apr-1987 by ARS Systematic Botanists. Last updated: 21-Jul-2000
Species priority site is: Southern Regional PI Station (S9).
Accessions: 4 in National Plant Germplasm System.
  • all available ) NPGS accessions ) or .
  • all available ) NPGS accessions by country.


Common names:

  • red morning-glory   (Source: Hortus 3 ) – English
  • scarlet-creeper   (Source: Glea Cron ed2 ) – English
  • star ipomoea   (Source: Hortus 3 ) – English

Economic importance:


Distributional range:

      Native: (links to other web resources are provided for some distributions)
      Naturalized:
  • widely naturalized elsewhere

References:

  • Austin, D. F. & Z. Huáman. 1996. A synopsis of Ipomoea (Convolvulaceae) in the Americas. Taxon 45:6.
  • Browne, E. T. & R. Athey. 1992. Vascular plants of Kentucky: an annotated checklist. (L Kentucky)
  • Chinese Academy of Sciences. 1959–. Flora reipublicae popularis sinicae. (F China) [= Quamoclit coccinea (L.) Moench].
  • Correll, D. S. & M. C. Johnston. 1970. Manual of the vascular plants of Texas. (F Tex)
  • Donell, C. A. O . 1959. Las especies americanas de Ipomoea L. sect. Quamoclit (Moench.) Griseb. Lilloa 29:24–26.
  • Duncan, W. H. & J. T. Kartesz. 1981. Vascular flora of Georgia: an annotated checklist. (L Georgia)
  • Encke, F. et al. 1984. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 13. Auflage. (Zander ed13) [= Quamoclit coccinea (L.) Moench].
  • Gleason, H. A. & A. Cronquist. 1963. Manual of vascular plants of northeastern United States and adjacent Canada. (Glea Cron) [= Quamoclit coccinea (L.) Moench].
  • Gleason, H. A. & A. Cronquist. 1991. Manual of vascular plants of northeastern United States and adjacent Canada, ed. 2. (Glea Cron ed2)
  • Godfrey, R. K. & J. W. Wooten. 1979–1981. Aquatic and wetland plants of southeastern United States, 2 vol. (Aquat SE US)
  • Kearney, T. H. & R. H. Peebles. 1969. Arizona flora, ed. 2. (F Ariz)
  • Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. 1976. Hortus third. (Hortus 3)
  • Macbride, J. F. et al., eds. 1936–1971. Flora of Peru.; new ser. 1980- (F Peru)
  • Magee, D. W. & H. E. Ahles. 1999. Flora of the Northeast. A manual of the vascular flora of New England and adjacent New York. (F NE US)
  • Nasir, E. & S. I. Ali, eds. 1970–. Flora of [West] Pakistan. (F Pak)
  • Radford, A. E. et al. 1964. Manual of the vascular flora of the Carolinas. (F Carolin)
  • Ross, J. 1972. The flora of Natal. (F Natal)
  • Shreve, F. & I. L. Wiggins. 1964. Vegetation and flora of the Sonoran desert. (F SonorDes) [= Quamoclit coccinea (L.) Moench].
  • Spellman, D. L. et al. A list of the monocotyledoneae/dicotyledonae of Belize. Published in Rhodora v. 77 & 83, 1975 & 1981 (L Belize)
  • Steenis, C. G. G. J. van, ed. 1948–. Flora malesiana. (F Males)
  • Steyermark, J. A. 1977. Flora of Missouri. (F Missouri)
  • Walker, E. 1976. Flora of Okinawa and the southern Ryukyu Islands. (F Okin)
  • Wofford, B. E. & R. Kral. 1993. Checklist of the vascular plants of Tennessee. (L Tenn)
  • Wunderlin, R. P. 1998. Guide to the vascular plants of Florida. (F Florida)
More:

Synonyms:


Check other databases for Ipomoea coccinea L.:

  • PLANTS: USDA-NRCS Database of Plants of the United States and its Territories
  • TROPICOS: Nomenclatural and Specimen Database of the Missouri Botanical Garden
  • 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:

More:
  • 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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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?20155 (09 February 2010)

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