Characteristics
Dicots
Ipomoea cairica (L.)Sweet
MILE-A-MINUTE VINE
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Not Native
FACU (NWPL)
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Classification
Citation
IPOMOEA CAIRICA (Linnaeus) Sweet, Hort. Brit. 287. 1826.
Convolvulus cairicus Linnaeus 1759.
EGYPT: Without data (lectotype: Alpino, Fl. Aegypt. 75(fig.). 1638). Lectotypified by Verdcourt, in C. E. Hubbard & Milne-Redhead, Fl. Trop. E. Afr., Convolvulaceae 125. 1963.
Species Distribution Map
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Batatas pulchella
Batatas pulchella (Roth ex Roemer & Schultes) Bojer, Hortus Maurit. 226. 1837.
BASIONYM: Ipomoea pulchella Roth ex Roemer & Schultes 1819.
Convolvulus bellus
Convolvulus bellus Sprengel, Syst. Veg. 1: 590. 1824.
BASIONYM: Ipomoea pulchella Roth ex Roemer & Schultes 1819.
Convolvulus cairicus
Convolvulus cairicus Linnaeus, Syst. Nat., ed. 10. 922. 1759.
TYPE: EGYPT: Without data (lectoytpe: Alpino, Fl. Aegypt. 75(fig.). 1638). Lectotypified by Verdcourt, in Hubbard & Milne-Redhead, Fl. Trop. E. Afr., Convolvulaceae 125. 1963.
Convolvulus cavanillesii
Convolvulus cavanillesii (Roemer & Schultes) Sprengel, Syst. Veg. 1: 590. 1824.
BASIONYM: Ipomoea cavanillesii Roemer & Schultes 1819; Ipomoea pentaphylla Cavanilles 1795, non Jacquin 1789.
Convolvulus heptaphyllus
Convolvulus heptaphyllus Rottler, Ges. Naturf. Freunde Berlin Neue Schriften 4: 196. 1803.
TYPE: INDIA:
Convolvulus quinquelobus
Convolvulus quinquelobus Vahl, Symb. Bot. 3: 32. 1794.
TYPE: VIRGIN ISLANDS: St. Croix: Without data, West s.n. (holotype C?).
Convolvulus tuberculatus
Convolvulus tuberculatus Desrousseaux, in Lamarck, Encycl. 3: 545. 1792.
TYPE: REUNION ISLAND: Cult. at Paris, without data (holotype: P).
Ipomoea bouvettii
Ipomoea bouvettii Duchassaing & Walpers, Linnaea 23: 752. 1850.
TYPE: GUADELOUPE: Without data, Duchassaing s.n. (holotype: ?).
Ipomoea cairica var. lineariloba
Ipomoea cairica (Linnaeus) Sweet, var. lineariloba (Hillebrand) O. Degener & Ooststroom, in Degener, Fl. Haw. fam. 307. 1938.
BASIONYM: Ipomoea tuberculata (Desrousseaux) Roemer & Schultes, var. lineariloba Hillebrand 1888.
Ipomoea cairica var. obtusata
Ipomoea cairica (Linnaeus) Sweet, var. obtusata Hoehne, Anexos Mem. Inst. Butantan, Secc. Bot. 1(6): 77. 1922.
TYPE: BRAZIL: São Paulo: Praia Grande, Boqueirão, Nhundu, 25 Oct 1898, Loefgren 4108 (holotype: SP).
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