Tropicos | Name - !Ipomoea purpurea (L.) Roth

Project Name Data (Last Modified On 10/12/2017)

Acceptance : Accepted

Checklist 2018 onwards (Last Modified On 4/30/2024)

Updates by : Jørgensen, Peter Møller

Reason(s) for update(s) : Added VPA Geography, Changed or added synonymy, Added Reference(s)

Geography : Flora N America, Mexico, Central America, West Indies, Venezuela, Guianas, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Brazil, Southern Cone

Countries (within Regions) : Argentina, Canada [incl. St. Pierre and Miquelon], Chile, Costa Rica, Cuba, El Salvador, French Guiana, Guatemala, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Puerto Rico, United States of America [incl. Alaska], Uruguay

Habit : Herb, Vine

Reference(s) :

Notes : The name ~Ipomoea villosa~ Ruiz & Pav., was placed in synonymy of ~I. batatas~ on p. 396 [lectotypified by a specimen] and of ~I. purpurea~ on p. 448 [lectotypified by a plate] in Wood et al. (2020). The note on typification on p. 451 argues that the collection (probably by Dombey from Ecuador) was made post publication and not original material and can thus not be used as lectotype. ~I. villosa~ is therefore placed in synonymy here and not under ~I. batatas~. The names ~Ipomoea scabra~ Schult. and ~I. scabrida~ Roem. & Schult. are likely synonyms of ~I. purpurea~ (Wood et al. 2020).

Checklist 2017 (Last Modified On 10/12/2017)

Geography : Flora N America, Mexico, Central America, Venezuela, Ecuador, Peru, Brazil, Southern Cone