Ipomoea
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The genus Ipomoea, with over 500 species, is the largest genus in the family Convolvulaceae. Most of the species bear the common name Morning Glory. The genus occurs throughout the tropical and subtropical regions of the world, and comprises annual and perennial herbaceous plants, lianas, shrubs and small trees; most of the species are twining climbing plants. Many species are known as morning glory, a name shared with some other related genera.
The genus includes important food crops (sweet potato and water spinach) and I. violacea, source of the Mexican psychedelic drug, tlitliltzin. Species and cultivars of Ipomoea grown as morning glory are popular in gardens for their often stunning flowers.
Ipomoea species are used as food plants by the larvae of some Lepidoptera species - see list of Lepidoptera which feed on Ipomoea.
- Selected species
- Ipomoea alba L. – Moonflower
- Ipomoea amnicola Morong – Redcenter Morning Glory
- Ipomoea aquatica – Water spinach
- Ipomoea asarifolia
- Ipomoea batatas (L.) Lam. – Sweet potato
- Ipomoea cairica Sweet. - Mile-a-minute vine
- Ipomoea coccinea
- Ipomoea cordatotriloba
- Ipomoea cordifolia Carey ex Voight – Heartleaf Morning Glory
- Ipomoea costata Australian Bush Potato
- Ipomoea costellata Torr. – Crestrib Morning Glory
- Ipomoea cristulata Hallier f. – Transpecos Morning Glory
- Ipomoea dumetorum Willd. ex Roemer & J.A.Schultes – Railwaycreeper
- Ipomoea eggersiana Peter
- Ipomoea eggersii (House) D.Austin – Egger's Morning Glory
- Ipomoea hederacea Jacq. – Ivyleaf Morning Glory
- Ipomoea hederifolia L. – Scarlet Creeper
- Ipomoea horsfalliae Hook.f. – Lady Doorly's Morning Glory
- Ipomoea imperati (Vahl) Griseb. – Beach Morning Glory
- Ipomoea indica (Burm.f.) Merr. – Oceanblue Morning Glory
- Ipomoea jalapa (L.) Pursh. – Jalap
- Ipomoea krugii Urban – Krug's White Morning Glory
- Ipomoea lacunosa L. – Whitestar
- Ipomoea leptophylla Torr. – Bush Morning Glory
- Ipomoea lindheimeri Gray – Lindheimer's Morning Glory
- Ipomoea littoralis Blume – Whiteflower beach Morning Glory
- Ipomoea lobata (Cerv.) Thell. - Spanish Flag or Fire Vine
- Ipomoea longifolia Benth. – Pinkthroat Morning Glory
- Ipomoea macrorhiza Michx. – Largeroot Morning Glory
- Ipomoea mauritiana Jacq. – Giant Potato
- Ipomoea meyeri (Spreng.) G.Don – Meyer's Morning Glory
- Ipomoea microdactyla Griseb. – Calcareous Morning Glory
- Ipomoea nil (L.) Roth – White-edge Morning Glory
- Ipomoea obscura (L.) Ker Gawl. – Obscure Morning Glory
- Ipomoea ochracea (Lindl.) G.Don – Fence Morning Glory
- Ipomoea pandurata (L.) G.F.W.Mey. – Wild Potato Vine or Manroot
- Ipomoea pes-caprae (L.) R.Br. – Beach Morning Glory
- Ipomoea plummerae Gray – Huachuca Mountain Morning Glory
- Ipomoea pubescens Lam. – Silky Morning Glory
- Ipomoea purga (Wender.) Hayne – Jalap
- Ipomoea purpurea (L.) Roth – Common Morning Glory or Tall Morning Glory
- Ipomoea quamoclit L. – Cypress Vine or Cardinal Vine
- Ipomoea repanda Jacq. – Bejuco Colorado
- Ipomoea rupicola House – Cliff Morning Glory
- Ipomoea sagittata Poir. – Saltmarsh Morning Glory
- Ipomoea setifera Poir. – Bejuco de Puerco
- Ipomoea setosa Ker Gawl. – Brazilian Morning Glory
- Ipomoea shumardiana (Torr.) Shinners – Narrowleaf Morning Glory
- Ipomoea X sloteri – Cardinal Climber [I. coccinea X I. quamoclit]
- Ipomoea steudelii Millsp. – Steudel's Morning Glory
- Ipomoea tenuiloba Torr. – Spiderleaf
- Ipomoea tenuissima Choisy – Rockland Morning Glory
- Ipomoea ternifolia Cav. – Tripleleaf Morning Glory
- Ipomoea thurberi Gray – Thurber's Morning Glory
- Ipomoea tricolor Cav. – Tlitliltzin, Ololiuqui or Mexican Morning Glory
- Ipomoea triloba L. – Littlebell
- Ipomoea tuberosa L.
- Ipomoea tuboides O.Deg. & van Ooststr. – Hawaii Morning Glory
- Ipomoea turbinata Lag. – Lilacbell
- Ipomoea violacea L. – Beach moonflower
- Ipomoea versicolor Meisn.
- Ipomoea wrightii Gray – Wright's Morning Glory
Ipomoea indica
Ipomoea purga
Scanning electron micrograph of Ipomoea purpurea pollen.
Ipomoea pandurata in bloom.
