Ipomoea alba L.
CONVOLVULACEAE
- Morning-glory family (Angiosperms - Flowering plants)
Taxon Page:
Name: Ipomoea alba L.
Nomencl. ref.: Sp. Pl. 1: 161. 1753 [1 May 1753]
Rank: species
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Common names
U.S.
name:
Tropical white morning-glory
English name: moonflower
German name: weiße Prunkwinde
Grown habit: Vine, Forb/herb
Duration: Annual
Synonyms:
= Calonyction aculeatum (L.) House
= Ipomoea bona-nox L.
TAXONOMY
Kingdom: Plantae
Subkingdom: Tracheobionta
Superdivision: Spermatophyta
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Subclass: Asteridae
Order: Solanales
Family: Convolvulaceae
Genus: Ipomoea
Species:
Page counter: 1463 ( AVG: 223.32 / 292.729 )
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Ipomoea alba
Habit at Haiku, Maui - Credit: Forest and Kim Starr - Plants of Hawaii - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License, permitting sharing and adaptation with attribution.
Ipomoea alba
Dipartimento di Scienze della Vita, Università di Trieste - Progetto Dryades - Picture by Andrea Moro - Parigi, Jardin des plantes., Francia, - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial Share-Alike 3.0 License
Ipomoea alba
Leaves at Haiku, Maui - Credit: Forest and Kim Starr - Plants of Hawaii - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License, permitting sharing and adaptation with attribution.
Ipomoea alba
Leaves at Hana Hwy, Maui - Credit: Forest and Kim Starr - Plants of Hawaii - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License, permitting sharing and adaptation with attribution.
Ipomoea alba
Leaves and flowers at Haiku, Maui - Credit: Forest and Kim Starr - Plants of Hawaii - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License, permitting sharing and adaptation with attribution.
Ipomoea alba
Habit at Haiku, Maui - Credit: Forest and Kim Starr - Plants of Hawaii - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License, permitting sharing and adaptation with attribution.
Ipomoea alba
Dipartimento di Scienze della Vita, Università di Trieste - Progetto Dryades - Picture by Andrea Moro - Parigi, Jardin des plantes., Francia, - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial Share-Alike 3.0 License
Ipomoea alba
Leaves at Haiku, Maui - Credit: Forest and Kim Starr - Plants of Hawaii - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License, permitting sharing and adaptation with attribution.
Ipomoea alba
Climbing habit at Haiku, Maui - Credit: Forest and Kim Starr - Plants of Hawaii - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License, permitting sharing and adaptation with attribution.
Ipomoea alba
Steve Hurst - USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database - Not copyrighted image
Ipomoea alba
Dipartimento di Scienze della Vita, Università di Trieste - Progetto Dryades - Picture by Andrea Moro - Parigi, Jardin des plantes., Francia, - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial Share-Alike 3.0 License
Ipomoea alba
Dipartimento di Scienze della Vita, Università di Trieste - Progetto Dryades - Picture by Andrea Moro - Parigi, Jardin des plantes., Francia, - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial Share-Alike 3.0 License
Ipomoea alba
Habit at Hana Hwy, Maui - Credit: Forest and Kim Starr - Plants of Hawaii - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License, permitting sharing and adaptation with attribution.
Ipomoea alba
Leaves at Haiku, Maui - Credit: Forest and Kim Starr - Plants of Hawaii - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License, permitting sharing and adaptation with attribution.
Ipomoea alba
Dipartimento di Scienze della Vita, Università di Trieste - Progetto Dryades - Picture by Andrea Moro - Parigi, Jardin des plantes., Francia, - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial Share-Alike 3.0 License
Ipomoea alba
Leaves and flowers at Hana Hwy, Maui - Credit: Forest and Kim Starr - Plants of Hawaii - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License, permitting sharing and adaptation with attribution.
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Distribution in USA and Canada (*)
USA (DC, FL, HI, KS, LA, TX), USA+ (PR, VI)
Map for Ipomoea alba L.
(*) USDA, NRCS. 2009. The PLANTS Database (http://plants.usda.gov, 28 August 2009). National Plant Data Center, Baton Rouge, LA 70874-4490 USA
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More species:
1) Ipomoea angustifolia Jacq. [148]
2) Ipomoea aquatica Forssk. [1380]
3) Ipomoea aristolochiifolia auct. non (Kunth) G. Don [171]
4) Ipomoea batatas (L.) Lam. [2698]
5) Ipomoea brasiliensis (L.) Sweet [137]
6) Ipomoea cairica (L.) Sweet var. lineariloba (Hillebr.) O. Deg. & van Ooststr. [153]
7) Ipomoea caroliniana sensu Small, non Poir. [147]
8) Ipomoea cordatotriloba Dennst. var. cordatotriloba [729]
9) Ipomoea dissecta (Jacq.) Pursh [138]
10) Ipomoea hirsutula auct. non Jacq. f. [110]
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