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Convolvulaceae
Ipomoea

Ipomoea Linnaeus. Common name: Morning-glory.

Key to Ipomoea

A genus of about 650 species, herbs, vine, and shrubs, of tropical, subtropical, and warm temperate areas.

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References: Austin (1976); Austin (1977); Austin (1979); Austin (1984); Austin (1986); Austin (2023g) In Flora of North America Editorial Committee (2023c); Austin (2023h) In Flora of North America Editorial Committee (2023c); Austin (2023n) In Flora of North America Editorial Committee (2023c); Austin & Bianchini (1998); Austin & Huáman (1996); Campitelli & Stinchcombe (2014); Eserman et al. (2020); Liao et al. (2022); Miryeganeh et al. (2014); Muñoz-Rodríguez et al. (2018); Muñoz-Rodríguez et al. (2022); O'Kennon (2019); O'Kennon & Nesom (2002); Wetterer (2024); Wood et al. (2020b). Show full citations.

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image of plant© Bruce A. Sorrie | Ipomoea purpurea | Original Image ⭷
image of plant© Richard & Teresa Ware | Ipomoea coccinea CC-BY-NC, permission granted to NCBG | Original Image ⭷
image of plant© Colin Croft, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Colin Croft | Ipomoea leptophylla source | Original Image ⭷
image of plant© Keith Bradley | Ipomoea hederacea | Original Image ⭷
image of plant© Bruce A. Sorrie | Ipomoea imperati | Original Image ⭷
image of plant© Brandon Corder | Ipomoea cairica source | Original Image ⭷
image of plant© Bruce A. Sorrie | Ipomoea coccinea | Original Image ⭷
image of plant© Richard & Teresa Ware | Ipomoea quamoclit CC-BY-NC, permission granted to NCBG | Original Image ⭷
image of plant© Richard & Teresa Ware | Ipomoea sagittata CC-BY-NC, permission granted to NCBG | Original Image ⭷
image of plant© Thomaz Ricardo Favreto Sinani, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Thomaz Ricardo Favreto Sinani | Ipomoea batatilla source | Original Image ⭷
image of plant© Keith Bradley | Ipomoea alba | Original Image ⭷
image of plantno rights reserved, uploaded by John Gaskin | Ipomoea costellata source | Original Image ⭷
image of plant© Ricardo Betancourt Sánchez, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Ricardo Betancourt Sánchez | Ipomoea costellata source | Original Image ⭷
image of plant© Keith Bradley | Ipomoea hederifolia | Original Image ⭷
image of plant© Andrea Villarreal Rodríguez, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Andrea Villarreal Rodríguez | Ipomoea batatilla source | Original Image ⭷
image of plant© Andrea Villarreal Rodríguez, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Andrea Villarreal Rodríguez | Ipomoea batatilla source | Original Image ⭷
image of plant© Keith Bradley | Ipomoea pandurata | Original Image ⭷
image of plant© Jeffrey S. Pippen | Ipomoea sagittata | Original Image ⭷

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