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Accepted Name
MOONFLOWERS; TROPICAL WHITE MORNING-GLORY
 
 
 
Y
N
 
N
N
 
 
 
FAC
 
alba
L.
 
 
 
 
 
 
Accepted Name
WATER-SPINACH
 
 
 
N
N
 
Y
N
 
 
 
OBL
 
aquatica
Forssk.
 
 
 
 
 
 
Accepted Name
GINGER-LEAF MORNING-GLORY
 
 
 
N
N
 
N
N
 
 
 
OBL
 
asarifolia
(Desr.)Roem. & Schult.
 
 
 
 
 
 
Accepted Name
SWEETPOTATO
 
 
 
N
N
 
N
N
 
 
 
 
 
batatas
(L.)Lam.
 
 
 
 
 
 
Accepted Name
MILE-A-MINUTE VINE
 
 
 
N
N
 
N
N
 
 
 
FACU
 
cairica
(L.)Sweet
 
 
 
 
 
 
Accepted Name
BUSH MORNING-GLORY
subsp. fistulosa
(Mart. ex Choisy)D.F.Austin
 
N
N
 
N
Y
 
 
 
FACU
This species is symbiotic with an ascomycete that produces swainsonine (Cook et al. 2013).
carnea
Jacq.
 
 
 
 
 
 
Accepted Name
TIEVINE
 
 
 
Y
N
 
N
N
 
 
 
FACU
Microsatellite analyses by Duncan & Rausher (2013) suggest that this species and I. lacunosa are interfertile and may admix.
cordatotriloba
Dennst.
 
 
 
 
 
 
Accepted Name
CHRISTMASVINE
 
 
 
N
N
 
N
N
 
 
 
 
Turbina has been included in Ipomoea by Wood et al. (2020), supported by phylogenetic analyses (Eserman et al. 2014). Lysergic acid amide has been isolated from this plant, presumably from the ergot-producing endophyte Periglandula.
corymbosa
(L.)Roth ex Roem. & Schult.
 
 
 
 
 
 
Accepted Name
IVYLEAF MORNING-GLORY
 
 
 
N
N
 
N
N
 
 
 
FACU
 
hederacea
Jacq.
 
 
 
 
 
 
Accepted Name
SCARLETCREEPER
 
 
 
Y
N
 
N
N
 
 
 
FACU
Wood et al. (2020) reported one specimen each from Florida for I. coccinea (Buckley s.n., K) and I. hederifolia (Burkhalter 12850, UWFP). For I. coccinea (endemic to the SE USA), it is defined by its unlobed leaf blades, outer sepals 3 mm long with a 2-6 mm mucro (inner sepals 5 mm with a 2-5 mm mucro), and the pedicel becoming reflexed in fruit. For I. hederifolia (widespread in neotropics and SE USA), it has usually lobed leaf blades, the outer sepals 1.5-3 mm long (2-5 mm with mucro and inner sepals slightly larger), and the pedicel erect in fruit (Wood et al. 2020). O'Donell (1959) characterized I. hederifolia as having lobed or unlobed leaves, inner sepals to 3(-4) mm long, erect fruiting pedicels, and found from Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, and Texas south to northern Argentina, while I. coccinea had unlobed leaves, inner sepals 4-6 mm long, reflexed fruiting pedicels, and restricted from Georgia north to Rhode Island and west to Oklahoma (see also Wilson 1960; Wijnands 1983). Samples identified as I. coccinea from North Carolina and George were distinct from samples identified as I. hederifolia from Mexico and Papau New Guinea based on ITS sequences (Miller et al. 2004). The provenance of the earlier name I. coccinea (lectotype: LINN 219.3) was given as "Domingo" by Linnaeus, which allegedly (O'Donell 1959) actually referred to the type of I. hederifolia, Plumier's illustration, from Hispaniola.
hederifolia
L.
 
 
 
 
 
 
Accepted Name
BEACH MORNING-GLORY
 
 
 
Y
N
 
N
N
 
 
 
FACU
 
imperati
(Vahl)Griseb.
 
 
 
 
 
 
Accepted Name
OCEANBLUE MORNING-GLORY
 
 
 
Y
N
 
N
N
 
 
 
FAC
 
indica
(Burm.)Merr.
 
 
 
 
 
 
Accepted Name
WHITESTAR
 
 
 
Y
N
 
N
N
 
 
 
FAC
Microsatellite analyses by Duncan & Rausher (2013) suggest that this species and I. cordatotriloba are interfertile and may admix.
lacunosa
L.
 
 
 
 
 
 
Accepted Name
 
 
 
 
Y
N
 
N
N
 
 
 
 
This species seems best identified by its glabrous sepals (Felger et al. 2012), in comparison to the similar species I. cordatotriloba, I. lacunosa, and I. triloba. This species had been thought to originate from a cross between I. cordatotriloba and I. lacunosa. However, Duncan & Rausher (2013) found that I. leucantha was not interfertile with I. lacunosa. It is widespread and fecund (Felger et al. 2012) necessitating its recognition as a species (Duncan & Rausher 2013). Another genetically similar entity was given the provisional name Ipomoea austinii (non I. austinii Infante-Bet.), but was not formally described (Duncan & Rausher 2013).
leucantha
Jacq.
 
 
 
 
 
 
Accepted Name
LARGEROOT MORNING-GLORY
 
 
 
Y
N
 
N
N
 
 
 
 
This rather infrequent species is known only from the southeast USA where it is, of course, considered native (Austin & Huáman 1996). The flowers are nocturnal.
macrorhiza
Michx.
 
 
 
 
 
 
Accepted Name
BEJUCO COLORADO; WILD-POTATO MORNING-GLORY; MAN-IN-THE-GROUND
 
 
 
Y
N
 
N
N
 
 
 
 
 
microdactyla
Griseb.
 
Endangered-State
 
 
 
 
Accepted Name
LILACBELL
 
 
 
N
N
 
N
N
 
 
 
 
 
muricata
(L.)Jacq.
 
 
 
 
 
 
Accepted Name
WOOLLY MORNING-GLORY; ELEPHANT CREEPER
 
 
 
N
N
 
N
N
 
 
 
 
Argyreia has been included in Ipomoea by Wood et al. (2020), supported by phylogenetic analyses (Eserman et al. 2014).
nervosa
(Burm.f.)J.R.I.Wood & Scotland
 
 
 
 
 
 
Accepted Name
MAN-OF-THE-EARTH
 
 
 
Y
N
 
N
N
 
 
 
FACU
 
pandurata
(L.)G.Mey.
 
 
 
 
 
 
Accepted Name
RAILROAD VINE; BAYHOPS
subsp. brasiliensis
(L.)Ooststr.
 
Y
N
 
N
N
 
 
 
FAC
St. John (1970) treated this taxon at the species rank and characterized it as pantropical (absent from northern Indian Ocean) with leaf blades mostly longer than wide, unlobed or with lobe sinus less than 1/5 the length of the blade, lobes ascending, outer sepals 5-13 mm long, and cymes 1-20 flowered. Ipomoea pes-caprae subsp. pes-caprae is restricted to the northern Indian Ocean and has leaf blades wider than long, the lobe sinus 1/3-1/5 of the length of the blade, lobes divergent, outer sepals 7-12 mm long, and cymes 1-2 flowered. The two taxa apparently do not hybridize, or perhaps only rarely (Miryeganeh et al. 2014). Others chose to treat I. brasiliensis as a synonym of I. pes-caprae (Flora of China, vol. 16; Wood et al. 2020). This species apparently accumulates a relatively low amount of ergot alkaloids in its seeds (Amor-Prats & Harborne 1993), presumably via the endophytic ascomycete Periglandula.
pes-caprae
(L.)R.Br.
 
 
 
 
 
 
Accepted Name
TALL MORNING-GLORY
 
 
 
N
N
 
N
N
 
 
 
UPL
 
purpurea
(L.)Roth
 
 
 
 
 
 
Accepted Name
CYPRESSVINE
 
 
 
N
N
 
N
N
 
 
 
FACU
Although described from India, I. quamoclit is native to the Americas and was cultivated extensively early on (Austin 2013). A early putative report of it along Tombigbee River, Alabama (Robin 1807: 409; Rafinesque 1817: 50), yields the possibility of it being native to Florida or quite likely an early introduction, as the nearby port area was the point of introduction of many other exotics.
quamoclit
L.
 
 
 
 
 
 
Accepted Name
SALTMARSH MORNING-GLORY
 
 
 
Y
N
 
N
N
 
 
 
FACW
 
sagittata
Poir.
 
 
 
 
 
 
Accepted Name
BRAZILIAN MORNING-GLORY
 
 
 
N
N
 
N
N
 
 
 
 
 
setosa
Ker Gawl.
 
 
 
 
 
 
Accepted Name
ROCKLAND MORNING-GLORY
 
 
 
Y
N
 
N
N
 
 
 
 
 
tenuissima
Choisy
 
Endangered-State