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Ipomoea

The genus Ipomoea is in the family Convolvulaceae in the major group Angiosperms (Flowering plants).

Statistics are at the end of the page.

Species in Ipomoea

See "Status", "Confidence level", "Source" for definitions.

Name Status Confi­dence level Source
Ipomoea abyssinica (Choisy) Schweinf. Accepted M TRO
Ipomoea acanthocarpa (Choisy) Asch. & Schweinf. Accepted M TRO
Ipomoea aculeata Blume Accepted M TRO
Ipomoea acutisepala O'Donell Accepted M TRO
Ipomoea adenioides Schinz Accepted M TRO
Ipomoea alba L. Accepted M TRO
Ipomoea albivenia Sweet Accepted M TRO
Ipomoea alexandrae D.F. Austin Accepted M TRO
Ipomoea altissima (Spreng.) Bertero ex G. Don Accepted M TRO
Ipomoea altoparanaensis O'Donell Accepted M TRO
Ipomoea amnicola Morong Accepted M TRO
Ipomoea ampullacea Fernald Accepted M TRO
Ipomoea ancisa House Accepted M TRO
Ipomoea angulata Ortega Accepted M TRO
Ipomoea aquatica Forssk. Accepted M TRO
Ipomoea arachnosperma Welw. Accepted M TRO
Ipomoea arenaria (Choisy) Steud. Accepted M TRO
Ipomoea argentea Meisn. Accepted M TRO
Ipomoea argentinica PETER Accepted M TRO
Ipomoea aristolochiifolia G. Don Accepted M TRO
Ipomoea asarifolia (Desr.) Roem. & Schult. Accepted M TRO
Ipomoea aspera (Choisy) Vatke Accepted M TRO
Ipomoea aurantiaca L.O. Williams Accepted M TRO
Ipomoea avicola D.F. Austin Accepted M TRO
Ipomoea barbatisepala A. Gray Accepted M TRO
Ipomoea barleioides (Choisy) Benth. ex C.B. Clarke Accepted M TRO
Ipomoea batatas (L.) Poir. Accepted M TRO
Ipomoea batatoides Choisy Accepted M TRO
Ipomoea biflora (L.) Pers. Accepted M TRO
Ipomoea bolusiana Schinz Accepted M TRO
Ipomoea bombycina (Choisy) Benth. & Hook. f. Accepted M TRO
Ipomoea bonariensis Hook. Accepted M TRO
Ipomoea bracteata Cav. Accepted M TRO
Ipomoea burmannii Choisy Accepted M TRO
Ipomoea cairica (L.) Sweet Accepted M TRO
Ipomoea calantha Griseb. Accepted M TRO
Ipomoea calophylla Fenzl Accepted M TRO
Ipomoea capillacea (Kunth) G. Don Accepted M TRO
Ipomoea carnea Jacq. Accepted M TRO
Ipomoea caudata Fernald Accepted M TRO
Ipomoea chamelana J.A. McDonald Accepted M TRO
Ipomoea cheirophylla O'Donell Accepted M TRO
Ipomoea chenopodiifolia (M. Martens & Galeotti) Hemsl. Accepted M TRO
Ipomoea chiliantha Hallier f. Accepted M TRO
Ipomoea chilopsidis Standl. Accepted M TRO
Ipomoea chiriquiensis Standl. Accepted M TRO
Ipomoea chodatiana O'Donell Accepted M TRO
Ipomoea cholulensis Kunth Accepted M TRO
Ipomoea chondrosepala Hallier f. Accepted M TRO
Ipomoea chrysocalyx D.F. Austin Accepted M TRO
Ipomoea ciervensis Painter Accepted M TRO
Ipomoea clavata (G. Don) Ooststr. ex J.F. Macbr. Accepted M TRO
Ipomoea concolora (Matuda) D.F. Austin Accepted M TRO
Ipomoea conzattii Greenm. Accepted M TRO
Ipomoea coptica (L.) Roth ex Roem. & Schult. Accepted M TRO
Ipomoea cordatotriloba Dennst. Accepted M TRO
Ipomoea costellata Torr. Accepted M TRO
Ipomoea crassipes Hook. Accepted M TRO
Ipomoea crinicalyx S. Moore Accepted M TRO
Ipomoea crispa Hallier f. Accepted M TRO
Ipomoea cristulata Hallier f. Accepted M TRO
Ipomoea cubensis (House) Urb. Accepted M TRO
Ipomoea cuprinacoma E. Carranza & J.A. McDonald Accepted M TRO
Ipomoea decasperma Hallier f. Accepted M TRO
Ipomoea decemcornuta O'Donell Accepted M TRO
Ipomoea descolei O'Donell Accepted M TRO
Ipomoea desmophylla Bojer ex Choisy Accepted M TRO
Ipomoea diegoae M.C.Lara Accepted M TRO
Ipomoea dimorphophylla Greenm. Accepted M TRO
Ipomoea discolor (Kunth) G. Don Accepted M TRO
Ipomoea dubia (M. Martens & Galeotti) Hemsl. Accepted M TRO
Ipomoea dumetorum Willd. ex Roem. & Schult. Accepted M TRO
Ipomoea dumosa (Benth.) L.O. Williams Accepted M TRO
Ipomoea durangensis House Accepted M TRO
Ipomoea eggersii (House) D.F. Austin Accepted M TRO
Ipomoea electrina D.F. Austin & J.A. McDonald Accepted M TRO
Ipomoea elongata Choisy Accepted M TRO
Ipomoea emeiensis Z.Y. Zhu Accepted M TRO
Ipomoea eriocarpa R. Br. Accepted M TRO
Ipomoea estrellensis O'Donell Accepted M TRO
Ipomoea eximia House Accepted M TRO
Ipomoea expansa J.A. McDonald Accepted M TRO
Ipomoea ficifolia Lindl. Accepted M TRO
Ipomoea fiebrigii O'Donell Accepted M TRO
Ipomoea fimbriosepala Choisy Accepted M TRO
Ipomoea fissifolia (McPherson) Eckenw. Accepted M TRO
Ipomoea fistulosa Mart. ex Choisy Accepted M TRO
Ipomoea franciscana Choisy Accepted M TRO
Ipomoea fulvicaulis (Hochst. ex Choisy) Hallier f. Accepted M TRO
Ipomoea fulvicoma Hance Accepted M TRO
Ipomoea funis Schltdl. & Cham. Accepted M TRO
Ipomoea gesnerioides J.A. McDonald Accepted M TRO
Ipomoea gigantea (Silva Manso) Choisy Accepted M TRO
Ipomoea gloverae J.A. McDonald Accepted M TRO
Ipomoea gracilisepala Rendle Accepted M TRO
Ipomoea grandifolia (Dammer) O'Donell Accepted M TRO
Ipomoea habeliana Oliv. Accepted M TRO
Ipomoea hackeliana (Schinz) Hallier f. Accepted M TRO
Ipomoea halierca I.M. Johnst. Accepted M TRO
Ipomoea harlingii D.F. Austin Accepted M TRO
Ipomoea hartwegii Benth. Accepted M TRO
Ipomoea hastigera Kunth Accepted M TRO
Ipomoea hederifolia L. Accepted M TRO
Ipomoea heterodoxa Standl. & Steyerm. Accepted M TRO
Ipomoea hieronymi (Kuntze) O'Donell Accepted M TRO
Ipomoea hirtifolia R.C. Fang & S.H. Huang Accepted M TRO
Ipomoea hochstetteri House Accepted M TRO
Ipomoea homotrichoidea O'Donell Accepted M TRO
Ipomoea horsfalliae Hook. Accepted M TRO
Ipomoea ignava House Accepted M TRO
Ipomoea imperati (Vahl) Griseb. Accepted M TRO
Ipomoea incarnata (Vahl) Choisy Accepted M TRO
Ipomoea incerta (Britton) Urb. Accepted M TRO
Ipomoea indica (Burm.) Merr. Accepted M TRO
Ipomoea indivisa (Vell.) Hallier f. Accepted M TRO
Ipomoea invicta House Accepted M TRO
Ipomoea jacalana Matuda Accepted M TRO
Ipomoea jalapa (L.) Pursh Accepted M TRO
Ipomoea jamaicensis (Spreng.) G. Don Accepted M TRO
Ipomoea jicama Brandegee Accepted M TRO
Ipomoea jujuyensis O'Donell Accepted M TRO
Ipomoea kruseana Matuda Accepted M TRO
Ipomoea kunthiana Meisn. Accepted M TRO
Ipomoea lacunosa L. Accepted M TRO
Ipomoea laeta A. Gray Accepted M TRO
Ipomoea lambii Fernald Accepted M TRO
Ipomoea lanuginosa O'Donell Accepted M TRO
Ipomoea lapathifolia Hallier f. Accepted M TRO
Ipomoea lenis House Accepted M TRO
Ipomoea leonensis B.L. Rob. Accepted M TRO
Ipomoea × leucantha Jacq. Accepted M TRO
Ipomoea leucanthemum Hallier f. Accepted M TRO
Ipomoea lilloana O'Donell Accepted M TRO
Ipomoea lindenii M. Martens & Galeotti Accepted M TRO
Ipomoea lindheimeri A. Gray Accepted M TRO
Ipomoea littoralis Blume Accepted M TRO
Ipomoea lobata (Cerv.) Thell. Accepted M TRO
Ipomoea longeramosa Choisy Accepted M TRO
Ipomoea longifolia Benth. Accepted M TRO
Ipomoea longituba Hallier f. Accepted M TRO
Ipomoea lottiae J.A. McDonald Accepted M TRO
Ipomoea lozanii Painter Accepted M TRO
Ipomoea lutea Hemsl. Accepted M TRO
Ipomoea macrantha (Kunth) G. Don Accepted M TRO
Ipomoea macrorhiza (L.) Roem. & Schult. Accepted M TRO
Ipomoea madrensis S. Watson Accepted M TRO
Ipomoea magniflora O'Donell Accepted M TRO
Ipomoea mairetii Choisy Accepted M TRO
Ipomoea malpighipila O'Donell Accepted M TRO
Ipomoea marginata (Desr.) Verdc. Accepted M TRO
Ipomoea marginisepala O'Donell Accepted M TRO
Ipomoea mathewsiana Kuntze Accepted M TRO
Ipomoea maurandioides Meisn. Accepted M TRO
Ipomoea mauritiana Jacq. Accepted M TRO
Ipomoea mcphersonii D.F. Austin Accepted M TRO
Ipomoea mcvaughii McPherson Accepted M TRO
Ipomoea medium (Choisy) Vatke Accepted M TRO
Ipomoea meyeri (Spreng.) G. Don Accepted M TRO
Ipomoea microsepala Benth. Accepted M TRO
Ipomoea minutiflora (M. Martens & Galeotti) House Accepted M TRO
Ipomoea miquihuanensis J.A. McDonald Accepted M TRO
Ipomoea mirandina (Pittier) O'Donell Accepted M TRO
Ipomoea monticola (Meisn.) O'Donell Accepted M TRO
Ipomoea morongii Britton Accepted M TRO
Ipomoea murucoides Roem. & Schult. Accepted M TRO
Ipomoea nationis (Hook.) G. Nicholson Accepted M TRO
Ipomoea neei (Spreng.) O'Donell Accepted M TRO
Ipomoea neurocephala Hallier f. Accepted M TRO
Ipomoea nil (L.) Roth Accepted M TRO
Ipomoea nitida Griseb. Accepted M TRO
Ipomoea noctulifolia McPherson Accepted M TRO
Ipomoea oblongifolia (Hassl.) O'Donell Accepted M TRO
Ipomoea obscura (L.) Ker Gawl. Accepted M TRO
Ipomoea ochracea (Lindl.) G. Don Accepted M TRO
Ipomoea oenotherae Hallier f. Accepted M TRO
Ipomoea oocarpa Benth. Accepted M TRO
Ipomoea ophiodes Standl. & Steyerm. Accepted M TRO
Ipomoea oranensis O'Donell Accepted M TRO
Ipomoea orizabensis (Pelletan) Ledeb. ex Steud. Accepted M TRO
Ipomoea padillae O'Donell Accepted M TRO
Ipomoea paludosa O'Donell Accepted M TRO
Ipomoea palustris (Urb.) Urb. Accepted M TRO
Ipomoea pandurata (L.) G. Mey. Accepted M TRO
Ipomoea paraguariensis Peter Accepted M TRO
Ipomoea parasitica (Kunth) G. Don Accepted M TRO
Ipomoea pauciflora M. Martens & Galeotti Accepted M TRO
Ipomoea pearceana Kuntze Accepted M TRO
Ipomoea pedicellaris Benth. Accepted M TRO
Ipomoea pellita Hallier f. Accepted M TRO
Ipomoea perpartita McPherson Accepted M TRO
Ipomoea peruviana O'Donell Accepted M TRO
Ipomoea pes-caprae Roth Accepted M TRO
Ipomoea pes-tigridis L. Accepted M TRO
Ipomoea petrophila House Accepted M TRO
Ipomoea philomega (Vell.) House Accepted M TRO
Ipomoea phyllomega House Accepted M TRO
Ipomoea pileata Roxb. Accepted M TRO
Ipomoea pittieri O'Donell Accepted M TRO
Ipomoea piurensis O'Donell Accepted M TRO
Ipomoea platanifolia (Vahl) Roem. & Schult. Accepted M TRO
Ipomoea platensis Ker Gawl. Accepted M TRO
Ipomoea plummerae A. Gray Accepted M TRO
Ipomoea praecana House Accepted M TRO
Ipomoea proxima M. Martens & Galeotti Accepted M TRO
Ipomoea pruinosa McPherson Accepted M TRO
Ipomoea pseudoracemosa McPherson Accepted M TRO
Ipomoea pubescens Lam. Accepted M TRO
Ipomoea pudibunda (Lindl.) G. Don Accepted M TRO
Ipomoea pulcherrima Ooststr. Accepted M TRO
Ipomoea punticulata Benth. Accepted M TRO
Ipomoea purga (Wender.) Hayne Accepted M TRO
Ipomoea purpurea (L.) Roth Accepted M TRO
Ipomoea quamoclit L. Accepted M TRO
Ipomoea ramboi O'Donell Accepted M TRO
Ipomoea ramosissima (Poir.) Choisy Accepted M TRO
Ipomoea regnellii Meisn. Accepted M TRO
Ipomoea repens (L.) Lam. Accepted M TRO
Ipomoea reticulata O'Donell Accepted M TRO
Ipomoea retropilosa (Pittier) D.F. Austin Accepted M TRO
Ipomoea rhomboidea House Accepted M TRO
Ipomoea robinsonii House Accepted M TRO
Ipomoea rojasii Hassl. Accepted M TRO
Ipomoea rubens Choisy Accepted M TRO
Ipomoea rubriflora O'Donell Accepted M TRO
Ipomoea rupicola House Accepted M TRO
Ipomoea rzedowskii E. Carranza, Zamudio & Murguia Accepted M TRO
Ipomoea sagittata Poir. Accepted M TRO
Ipomoea santae-rosae Standl. & Steyerm. Accepted M TRO
Ipomoea santillanii O'Donell Accepted M TRO
Ipomoea saopaulista O'Donell Accepted M TRO
Ipomoea sawyeri D.F. Austin Accepted M TRO
Ipomoea schaffneri S. Watson Accepted M TRO
Ipomoea schomburgkii Choisy Accepted M TRO
Ipomoea schulziana O'Donell Accepted M TRO
Ipomoea scopulorum Brandegee Accepted M TRO
Ipomoea seaania Felger & D.F. Austin Accepted M TRO
Ipomoea seducta House Accepted M TRO
Ipomoea sepacuitensis Donn. Sm. Accepted M TRO
Ipomoea sericophylla Meisn. Accepted M TRO
Ipomoea serpyllifolia (Kunth) G. Don Accepted M TRO
Ipomoea sescossiana Baill. Accepted M TRO
Ipomoea setifera Poir. Accepted M TRO
Ipomoea setosa Ker Gawl. Accepted M TRO
Ipomoea shumardiana (Torr.) Shinners Accepted M TRO
Ipomoea silvicola House Accepted M TRO
Ipomoea simplex Thunb. Accepted M TRO
Ipomoea simulans D. Hanb. Accepted M TRO
Ipomoea × sloteri (House) Ooststr. Accepted M TRO
Ipomoea soluta Kerr Accepted M TRO
Ipomoea sororia D.F. Austin & Tapia-Muñoz Accepted M TRO
Ipomoea spectata J.A. McDonald Accepted M TRO
Ipomoea splendor-sylvae House Accepted M TRO
Ipomoea squamosa Choisy Accepted M TRO
Ipomoea stans Cav. Accepted M TRO
Ipomoea steerei (Standl.) L.O. Williams Accepted M TRO
Ipomoea stuckertii O'Donell Accepted M TRO
Ipomoea suaveolens (M. Martens & Galeotti) Hemsl. Accepted M TRO
Ipomoea subrevoluta Choisy Accepted M TRO
Ipomoea subspicata (Meisn.) O'Donell Accepted M TRO
Ipomoea subtomentosa (Chodat & Hassl.) O'Donell Accepted M TRO
Ipomoea suffulta (Kunth) G. Don Accepted M TRO
Ipomoea sulphurea (La Llave & Lex.) G. Don Accepted M TRO
Ipomoea sumatrana (Miq.) Ooststr. Accepted M TRO
Ipomoea syringifolia Meisn. Accepted M TRO
Ipomoea tabascana J.A. McDonald & D.F. Austin Accepted M TRO
Ipomoea tacambarensis E. Carranza Accepted M TRO
Ipomoea tastensis Brandegee Accepted M TRO
Ipomoea temascaltepecensis Wilkin Accepted M TRO
Ipomoea tentaculifera Greenm. Accepted M TRO
Ipomoea tenuifolia (Vahl) Urb. Accepted M TRO
Ipomoea tenuiloba Torr. Accepted M TRO
Ipomoea tenuipes Verdc. Accepted M TRO
Ipomoea teotitlanica McPherson Accepted M TRO
Ipomoea ternifolia Cav. Accepted M TRO
Ipomoea theodori O'Donell Accepted M TRO
Ipomoea thurberi A. Gray Accepted M TRO
Ipomoea tiliacea (Willd.) Choisy Accepted M TRO
Ipomoea transvaalensis A. Meeuse Accepted M TRO
Ipomoea tricolor Cav. Accepted M TRO
Ipomoea trifida (Kunth) G. Don Accepted M TRO
Ipomoea tuberculata Ker Gawl. Accepted M TRO
Ipomoea tubiflora Hook. f. Accepted M TRO
Ipomoea tubulosa (M. Martens & Galeotti) Hemsl. Accepted M TRO
Ipomoea turbinata Lag. Accepted M TRO
Ipomoea tuxtlensis House Accepted M TRO
Ipomoea urbaniana (Dammer) Hallier f. Accepted M TRO
Ipomoea urbinei House Accepted M TRO
Ipomoea vagans Baker Accepted M TRO
Ipomoea variabilis (Schltdl. & Cham.) Choisy Accepted M TRO
Ipomoea velardei O'Donell Accepted M TRO
Ipomoea velloziana Mart. Accepted M TRO
Ipomoea venosa (Desr.) Roem. & Schult. Accepted M TRO
Ipomoea venustum (M. Martens & Galeotti) Hemsl. Accepted M TRO
Ipomoea verbasciformis (Meisn.) O'Donell Accepted M TRO
Ipomoea verbascoidea Choisy Accepted M TRO
Ipomoea verruculosa (Pittier) O'Donell Accepted M TRO
Ipomoea verticillata Forssk. Accepted M TRO
Ipomoea villifera House Accepted M TRO
Ipomoea violacea L. Accepted M TRO
Ipomoea volcanensis O'Donell Accepted M TRO
Ipomoea wallii (Morren) Hemsl. Accepted M TRO
Ipomoea wangii C.Y. Wu Accepted M TRO
Ipomoea wightii (Wall.) Choisy Accepted M TRO
Ipomoea wolcottiana Rose Accepted M TRO
Ipomoea wrightii A. Gray Accepted M TRO
Ipomoea zimmermanii J.A. McDonald Accepted M TRO

Statistics

The Plant List includes 1,164 scientific plant names of species rank for the genus Ipomoea. Of these 306 are accepted species names.

The Plant List includes a further 178 scientific plant names of infraspecific rank for the genus Ipomoea. We do not intend The Plant List to be complete for names of infraspecific rank. These are primarily included because names of species rank are synonyms of accepted infraspecific names.

Species names

The status of the 1,164 species names for the genus Ipomoea recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

Status Total
◕ Accepted 306 26.3%
◕ Synonym 559 48.0%
◕ Unplaced 0 0%
◕ Unassessed 299 25.7%

All names

The status of the 1,342 names (including infraspecific names) for the genus Ipomoea recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

Status Total
◕ Accepted 333 24.8%
◕ Synonym 703 52.4%
◕ Unplaced 0 0%
◕ Unassessed 306 22.8%

The confidence with which the status of the 1,164 species names recorded in The Plant List for the genus Ipomoea, are assigned as follows:

Confidence level Accepted Synonym Unplaced Unassessed Total
High confidence 0 0 0 0 0 0%
Medium confidence 306 543 0 0 849 72.9%
Low confidence 0 16 0 299 315 27.1%

The source of the species name record found in The Plant List for the genus Ipomoea, are as follows:

Source of record Accepted Synonym Unplaced Unassessed Misapplied Total
Tropicos 306 559 0 294 0 1,159 99.6%
WCSP (in review) 0 0 0 5 0 5 0.4%