Ipomoea indica in Genus Ipomoea

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Internal ID	UUID64405bb5ee668180766419
Scientific name	Ipomoea indica
Authority	Merr.
First published in	Interpr. Herb. Amboin. : 445 (1917)

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Ipomoea indica is primarily cultivated as an ornamental climber and is not documented in reliable sources as a source of commercial or industrial products, materials, or model organisms.

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Scientific name	Authority	First published in
Convolvulus africanus	Nicolson bis	Ess. Hist. Nat. S. Domingue : 260 (1776)
Convolvulus ruizii	Spreng.	Syst. Veg. 1: 594 (1824)
Ipomoea kiiruninsularis	Masam.	Trans. Nat. Hist. Soc. Taiwan 28: 116 (1938)
Ipomoea medians	Cordem.	Fl. Réunion : 473 (1895)
Ipomoea officinalis	Poit. ex Choisy	Prodr. 9: 342 (1845)
Modesta mutabilis	Raf.	Fl. Tellur. 4: 76 (1838)
Pharbitis congesta	(R.Br.) H.Hara	Enum. Spermatophytarum Japon. 1: 166 (1948)
Pharbitis mutabilis	Bojer	Hortus Maurit. : 227 (1837)
Pharbitis villosa	G.Don	Gen. Hist. 4: 263 (1837)
Pharbitis calycosa	A.Rich.	Hist. Fis. Cuba, Bot. 11: 128 (1850)
Ipomoea indica var. acuminata	(Vahl) Fosberg	Bot. Not. 129: 38 (1976)
Pharbitis medians	Choisy	Prodr. 9: 343 (1845)
Convolvulus pudibundus	Lindl.	Bot. Reg. 12: t. 999 (1826)
Ipomoea pudibunda	Sweet	Hort. Brit. : 489 (1827)
Ipomoea congesta	R.Br.	Prodr. Fl. Nov. Holland. : 485 (1810)
Ipomoea bogotensis	G.Don	Gen. Hist. iv. 273.
Ipomoea halierca	I.M.Johnst.	Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci. , ser. 4, 20: 85 (1931)
Convolvulus acuminatus	Vahl	Symb. Bot. 3: 26 (1794)
Convolvulus indicus	Burm.	Auctuarium : 2 verso (1755)
Ipomoea acuminata	Roem. & Schult.	Syst. Veg., ed. 15 bis 4: 228 (1819)
Ipomoea cathartica	Poir.	Encycl. , Suppl. 4: 633 (1816)
Ipomoea villosa	Ruiz & Pav.	Fl. Peruv. 2: 12 (1799)
Ipomoea mutabilis	[Ker-Gawl.]	Bot. Reg. 1: t. 39. 1815
Pharbitis cathartica	Choisy	Prodr. 9: 342 (1845)
Convolvulus bogotensis	Kunth	Nov. Gen. Sp. (quarto ed.) 3: 104 1818
Convolvulus congestus	Spreng.	Syst. Veg. 1: 601 (1824)
Convolvulus portoricensis	Spreng.	Syst. Veg. 1: 595 (1824)
Ipomoea portoricensis	G.Don	Gen. Hist. 4: 278 (1837)
Ipomoea mollis	G.Don	Gen. Hist. 4: 275 (1837)
Pharbitis acuminata	Choisy	Prodr. 9: 342 (1845)
Pharbitis acuminata var. congesta	Choisy	Prodr. 9: 343 (1845)
Pharbitis rosea	Choisy	Prodr. 9: 342 (1845)
Pharbitis bogotensis	Choisy	Prodr. 9: 341 (1845)
Pharbitis mollis	Choisy	Prodr. 9: 342 (1845)
Ipomoea learii	Paxton	Paxton's Mag. Bot. 6: t. 267 (1839)
Pharbitis heterosepala	Benth.	Bot. Voy. Sulphur : 134 (1845)
Pharbitis indica	(Burm.) R.C.Fang	Fl. Reipubl. Popularis Sin. 64(1): 105. 1979
Pharbitis insularis	Choisy	Mém. Soc. Phys. Genève 6: 439 (1833 publ. 1834)
Ipomoea kiuninsularis	Masam.	Trans. Nat. Hist. Soc. Taiwan 28: 116 (1938)
Ipomoea insularis	Steud.	Nomencl. Bot. , ed. 2, 1: 817 (1840)
Ipomoea cataractae	Endl.	Prodr. Fl. Norfolk. : 53 (1833)
Pharbitis learii	Lindl.	Edwards's Bot. Reg. 27: t. 56 (1841)
Parasitipomaea formosana	Hayata	Icon. Pl. Formosan. 6: 33. 1916 [25 Dec 1916]
Pharbitis cathartica f. alba	Moldenke	Amer. Midl. Naturalist 32: 572 (1945)
Convolvulus bogotensis f. albiflorus	Kuntze	Revis. Gen. Pl. 3(2): 212 (1898)
Convolvulus bogotensis f. lilacinus	Kuntze	Revis. Gen. Pl. 3(2): 212 (1898)
Ipomoea acuminata f. albiflora	(B.C.Stone) E.Walker	J. Jap. Bot. 47: 9 (1972)
Ipomoea congesta f. albiflora	(B.C.Stone) E.Walker & Tawada	J. Jap. Bot. 46: 69 (1971)
Ipomoea indica f. alba	H.St.John	Chron. & Fl. Niihau : 125 (1990)
Ipomoea jamaicensis var. glabrata	Griseb.	Fl. Brit. W. I. : 474 (1862)
Ipomoea jamaicensis var. intermedia	Meisn.	Fl. Bras. 7: 226 (1869)
Ipomoea jamaicensis var. sericea	Meisn.	Fl. Bras. 7: 226 (1869)
Ipomoea villosa var. genuina	Hallier f.	Jahrb. Hamburg. Wiss. Anst. 16(Beih. 3): 53 (1898 publ. 1899)
Ipomoea vahliana	House	in Ann. N. F. Acad. Sci. xvlii. 204 (1908); Fedde, Repert. Nov. Sp. viii. 230.
Convolvulus mutabilis	(Lindl.) Spreng.	Syst. Veg. 1: 593 (1824)
Ipomoea jamaicensis var. glabrata	Meisn.	Fl. Bras. 7: 226 (1869)

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Language	Common/alternative name
English	pharbitis cathartica (poir.) choisy
English	ipomoea mutablilis lindl.
English	ipomoea learii lindl.
English	ipomoea indica var. acuminata (vahl) fosberg
English	ipomoea congesta r.br.
English	ipomoea cathartica poir.
English	ipomoea acuminata (vahl) roem. & schult.
English	oceanblue morning-glory
English	oceanblue morning glory
English	blue morning glory
Spanish	convolvulus variabilis
Spanish	convolvulus congestus
Spanish	convolvulus indicus
Spanish	ipomoea acuminata
Spanish	ipomoea congesta
Spanish	pharbitis acuminata
Spanish	ipomoea vahliana
Spanish	ipomoea kiuninsularis
Spanish	pharbitis cathartica
Spanish	pharbitis indica
Azerbaijani	hindistan ipomeyası
azb	هیندوستان ایپومیاسی
Catalan	campanetes de jardí
Persian	نیلوفر هندی
Upper Sorbian	indiska wijawka
ht	patat mawon
Indonesian	bunga fajar biru
Japanese	ノアサガオ
Swedish	gryningsvinda
Tonga	fuemoa
Chinese	變色牽牛
Chinese	锐叶牵牛
Chinese	野牵牛
Chinese	长梗牵牛
Chinese	銳葉牽牛
Chinese	变色牵牛

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- Northern South America
  - French Guiana
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- Southern South America
  - Argentina Northeast
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  - Chile Central
  - Juan Fernández Islands
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  - Bolivia
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Database	ID/link to page
World Flora Online	wfo-0001297295
Florida Plant Atlas	3387
USDA Plants	IPIN
Tropicos	8500780
INPN	103684
Flora of Italy	4240
KEW	urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:269086-1
The Plant List	tro-8500780
Open Tree Of Life	928074
Observations.org	186980
NCBI Taxonomy	264526
Nature Serve	2.138436
IPNI	269086-1
iNaturalist	77496
GBIF	2928598
Freebase	/m/02r7sgt
EPPO	IPOAC
Elurikkus	5247
Calflora (Californian flora)	9549
USDA GRIN	311586
Wikipedia	Ipomoea_indica

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Ipomoea indica

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Synonyms Top

Common names Top

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Varieties (abbr. var.) Top

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