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Taxon: Ipomoea purpurea (L.) Roth

Genus: Ipomoea subgenus: Ipomoea section: Pharbitis series: Pharbitis
Family: Convolvulaceae tribe: Ipomoeeae.
Nomen number: 20214
Place of publication: Bot. Abh. Beobacht. 27. 1787
Name verified on: 09-Mar-1995 by ARS Systematic Botanists. Last updated: 21-Jul-2000
Species priority site is: Southern Regional PI Station (S9).
Accessions: 20 in National Plant Germplasm System.
  • all available ) NPGS accessions ) or .
  • all available ) NPGS accessions by country.


SPECIES RESTRICTED BECAUSE STATE NOXIOUS WEED
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:
NE(in field crop seed only)°, OK°, WV°.
ªAquatic. *Terrestrial. °In seed.
Link to noxious weed information from Invaders Database System

Common names:

  • common morning-glory   (Source: Hortus 3 ) – English
  • tall morning-glory   (Source: Names Beetle ) – English
  • purperwinde   (Source: Weeds SAfr 2001 ) – Afrikaans
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Distributional range:

      Native:
  • origin neotropics

      Naturalized:
  • pantropic

References:

  • Austin, D. F. & Z. Huáman. 1996. A synopsis of Ipomoea (Convolvulaceae) in the Americas. Taxon 45:10.
  • Austin, D. F. 1986. Nomenclature of the Ipomoea nil complex (Convolvulaceae). Taxon 35:357.
  • Austin, D. F. 1998. Convolvulaceae. Morning glory family. J. Arizona-Nevada Acad. Sci. 30:71.
  • Babu, C. R. 1977. Herbaceous flora of Dehra Dun. (HF Dehra Dun)
  • Beetle, A. A. 1970. Recommended plant names. Univ. Wyoming Agr. Exp. Sta. Res. J. 31. (Names Beetle)
  • Bond, P. & P. Goldblatt. 1984. Plants of the Cape Flora, J. S. African Bot. suppl. vol. 13. (L Cape)
  • Burkill, H. M. 1985–2004. The useful plants of west tropical Africa. (Use Pl WT Afr)
  • Cabrera, A. L. & E. M. Zardini. 1978. Manual de la flora de los alrededores de Buenos Aires. (Man BuenAir)
  • Correll, D. S. & M. C. Johnston. 1970. Manual of the vascular plants of Texas. (F Tex)
  • Dassanayake, M. D. & F. R. Fosberg, eds. 1980–. A revised handbook to the flora of Ceylon. (F Ceylon)
  • Davis, P. H., ed. 1965–1988. Flora of Turkey and the east Aegean islands. (F Turk)
  • Eriksson, O. et al. 1979. Flora of Macaronesia: checklist of vascular plants, ed. 2. (L Macar ed2)
  • Gleason, H. A. & A. Cronquist. 1963. Manual of vascular plants of northeastern United States and adjacent Canada. (Glea Cron)
  • Hara, H. et al. 1978–1982. An enumeration of the flowering plants of Nepal. (L Nepal)
  • Harling, G. & B. Sparre, eds. 1973–. Flora of Ecuador. (F Ecuador)
  • Henderson, L. 2001. Alien weeds and invasive plants: a complete guide to declared weeds and invaders in South Africa. Plant Protection Research Institute, Handbook 12. (Weeds SAfr 2001)
  • Kartesz, J. T. 1994. A synonymized checklist of the vascular flora of the United States, Canada, and Greenland. (L US Can ed2)
  • Keay, R. W. J. & F. N. Hepper. 1953–1972. Flora of west tropical Africa, ed. 2. (F WT Afr)
  • Komarov, V. L. et al., eds. 1934–1964. Flora SSSR. (F USSR)
  • Lejoly, J. & S. Lisowski. 1992. Les genres Merremia et Ipomoea (Convolvulaceae) dans la flore d'Afrique Centrale (Zaire, Rwanda, Burundi). Fragm. Florist. Geobot. 37:59.
  • Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. 1976. Hortus third. (Hortus 3)
  • Malezasdemexico. Malezas de México - on-line resource. (Malezas Mex)
  • McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker. 2000. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2. (Herbs Commerce ed2)
  • Munz, P. A. & D. D. Keck. 1959. A California flora. (F CalifMunz)
  • Munz, P. A. 1974. A flora of southern California. (F SCalif)
  • Nasir, E. & S. I. Ali, eds. 1970–. Flora of [West] Pakistan. (F Pak)
  • Porcher, M. H. et al. Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) - on-line resource. (Pl Names)
  • 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)
  • Seed Regulatory and Testing Branch, Agricultural Marketing Service, U.S.D.A. 1999. State noxious-weed seed requirements recognized in the administration of the Federal Seed Act. (State Noxweed Seed)
  • Shreve, F. & I. L. Wiggins. 1964. Vegetation and flora of the Sonoran desert. (F SonorDes)
  • Standley, P. C. & J. A. Steyermark. 1946–1976. Flora of Guatemala. (F Guat)
  • Standley, P. C. 1937–1939. Flora of Costa Rica. (F CRStand)
  • Steenis, C. G. G. J. van, ed. 1948–. Flora malesiana. (F Males)
  • Steward, A. N. 1958. Manual of vascular plants of the lower Yangtze valley. (F LowYangtze)
  • Steyermark, J. A. & O. Huber. 1978. Flora del Avila. (F Avila)
  • Steyermark, J. A. 1977. Flora of Missouri. (F Missouri)
  • Turrill, W. B. et al., eds. 1952–. Flora of tropical East Africa. (F TE Afr)
  • Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. 1964–1980. Flora europaea. (F Eur)
  • Verdcourt, B. 1957. Taxon 6:231.
  • Wiggins, I. L. 1980. Flora of Baja California. (F Baja)
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Check other databases for Ipomoea purpurea (L.) Roth:

  • Flora Europaea: Database of European Plants (ESFEDS)
  • Mansfeld: Mansfeld's World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops
  • 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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