*Ipomoea multifida (Rafinesque) Shinners. Common name: Cardinal Climber. Phenology: Jun-Dec. Habitat: Cultivated and escaping or persistent locally near plantings. Distribution: Horticulturally-derived hybrid of a tropical American (I. quamoclit) and Southeastern US (I. coccinea) parents.
Origin/Endemic status: Garden origin
Taxonomy Comments: Horticulturally-derived hybrid of a tropical American (I. quamoclit) and Southeastern US (I. coccinea) parents. Austin (2023m) made a distinction between diploid Ipomoea ×multifida and the tetraploid derived from it, Ipomoea sloteri. We combine the two under the older name.
Synonymy ⓘ: Quamoclita multifida Raf. = Ipomoea ×multifida (Raf.) Shinners — K4, Mi; = Ipomoea sloteri House — FNA14; = n/a — C, Pa, RAB. Basionym: Quamoclita multifida Raf. 1838
Links to other floras: = Ipomoea sloteri - FNA14
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