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Taxon:
Ipomoea littoralis
Blume
Nomenclature
Common Names
Distribution
Economic Uses
Summary
Genus:
Ipomoea
Subgenus:
Eriospermum
Section:
Eriospermum
Series:
Batatas
Family:
Convolvulaceae
Tribe:
Ipomoeeae
Nomen number:
20169
Place of publication:
Bidjr. 713. 1826
Comment:
=
Ipomoea gracilis
auct. pl. (non
I. gracilis
R. Br.)
Verified:
11/29/1989
ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
0
(
0
active,
0
available)
in National Plant Germplasm System.
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Invalid Designation(s)
Ipomoea gracilis
auct. pl.
No images
Reference(s)
Austin, D. F. & Z. Huáman.
1996. A synopsis of
Ipomoea
(Convolvulaceae) in the Americas. Taxon 45:8.
URL:
http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/iapt/tax
Austin, D. F. et al.
1993.
Ipomoea gracilis
R. Brown (Convolvulaceae) and its allies. Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 120:55.
Austin, D. F.
1978. The
Ipomoea batatas
complex - I. Taxonomy. Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 105:122.
Austin, D. F.
1991.
Ipomoea littoralis
(Convolvulaceae) – taxonomy, distribution, and ethnobotany. Econ. Bot. 45:251-256.
URL:
http://link.springer.com/journal/volumesAndIssues/12231
Chinese Academy of Sciences.
1959-. Flora reipublicae popularis sinicae.
Note:
=
Ipomoea gracilis
R. Br.
Dassanayake, M. D. & F. R. Fosberg, eds.
1980-. A revised handbook to the flora of Ceylon.
Diaz, J. et al.
1996. Polygon of crossability between eleven species of
Ipomoea
: section
Batatas
(Convolvulaceae). Euphytica 88:189-200.
Note:
Netherlands journal of plant breeding
Fosberg, F. R. & M.-H. Sachet.
1975-. Flora of Micronesia, Smithsonian Contr. Bot.
Fosberg, F. R. et al.
1979-1982. Geographical checklist of the Micronesian Dicotyledonae/ Pteridophyta and Gymnospermae.
Fosberg, F. R.& M.-H. Sachet.
1977. Flora of Micronesia, 3. Convolvulaceae. Smithsonian Contr. Bot. 36:14.
URL:
http://www.sil.si.edu/smithsoniancontributions/Botany/
Gao, M. et al.
2011. Wx intron variations support an allohexaploid origin of the sweetpotato [
Ipomoea batatas
(L.) Lam.]. Euphytica 177:111-133.
Note:
this study included one USDA (PI 573335) accession of
Ipomoea littoralis
Hnatiuk, R. J.
1990. Census of Australian vascular plants. Australian Flora and Fauna Series No. 11.
Integrated Botanical Information System (IBIS).
Australian plant common name database (on-line resource).
URL:
http://www.anbg.gov.au/common.names/
Iwatsuki, K. et al.
1993-. Flora of Japan.
Jarrett, R. L. et al.
1992. Phylogenetic relationships of the sweetpotato [
Ipomoea batatas
(L.) Lam.]. J. Amer. Soc. Hort. Sci. 117:633-637.
Kobayashi, R. S. et al.
1994. Interspecific hybrids from cross incompatible relatives of sweetpotato. Euphytica 80:159-164.
Note:
this study mentioned one USDA ("Ac. 79.5") shoot cutting of a tetraploid
Ipomoea batatas
later once mentioned as
I. littoralis
; this plant was used as a female parent for crosses with a hybrid of
I. triloba
×
I. lacunosa
that resulted in viable seeds
Li, H. L. et al., eds.
1975-1979. Flora of Taiwan.
Note:
=
Ipomoea gracilis
R. Br.
Merrill, E. D.
1922-1926. An enumeration of Philippine flowering plants.
Note:
=
Ipomoea gracilis
R. Br.
Nimmakayala, P. et al.
2011.
Ipomoea
. Wild crop relatives: genomic and breeding resources, industrial crops 7:123-132.
Porcher, M. H. et al.
Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) (on-line resource).
URL:
http://www.plantnames.unimelb.edu.au/Sorting/Frontpage.html
Roullier, C. et al.
2013. Disentangling the origins of cultivated sweet potato (
Ipomoea batatas
(L.) Lam.). PLoS One 8: e62707.
URL:
http://www.plosone.org/
Smith, A. C.
1979-1991. Flora vitiensis nova.
Steenis, C. G. G. J. van, ed.
1948-. Flora malesiana.
Note:
=
Ipomoea gracilis
R. Br.
The Missouri Botanical Garden with others.
A Catalogue of the vascular plants of Madagascar (on-line resource).
URL:
http://www.tropicos.org/project/mada
Wagner, W. L. et al.
Flora of the Hawaiian Islands (on-line resource).
URL:
http://botany.si.edu/pacificislandbiodiversity/hawaiianflora/query2.cfm
Walker, E.
1976. Flora of Okinawa and the southern Ryukyu Islands.
Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds.
1994-. Flora of China (English edition).
URL:
http://www.efloras.org/browse.aspx?flora_id=2
Common names
English
coastal morning-glory –
Reference(s)
white-flower beach morning-glory –
Reference(s)
Japanese Rōmaji
sokobeni-hirugao –
Reference(s)
Distribution
Exportable format
order_code
Status
Continent
Subcontinent
Country
State
Note
1
Native
Africa
Western Indian Ocean
Madagascar
coastal
1
Native
Africa
Western Indian Ocean
Mauritius
coastal
1
Native
Africa
Western Indian Ocean
Seychelles
1
Native
Asia-Temperate
China
China
Hainan Sheng
1
Native
Asia-Temperate
Eastern Asia
Japan
Ryukyu Islands
1
Native
Asia-Temperate
Eastern Asia
Taiwan
1
Native
Asia-Tropical
Indian Subcontinent
India
coastal
1
Native
Asia-Tropical
Indian Subcontinent
Sri Lanka
1
Native
Asia-Tropical
Indo-China
Cambodia
coastal
1
Native
Asia-Tropical
Indo-China
Myanmar
1
Native
Asia-Tropical
Indo-China
Thailand
coastal
1
Native
Asia-Tropical
Malesia
Malaysia
Malaya
1
Native
Asia-Tropical
Malesia
Philippines
1
Native
Asia-Tropical
Papuasia
Indonesia
Papua Barat
1
Native
Asia-Tropical
Papuasia
Papua New Guinea
coastal
1
Native
Australasia
Australia
Australia
Queensland
e.
1
Native
Pacific
North-Central Pacific
United States
Hawaii
1
Native
Pacific
Northwestern Pacific
Micronesia
1
Native
Pacific
Northwestern Pacific
United States
Guam
1
Native
Pacific
Northwestern Pacific
United States
Northern Mariana Islands
1
Native
Pacific
South-Central Pacific
French Polynesia
1
Native
Pacific
Southwestern Pacific
Fiji
1
Native
Pacific
Southwestern Pacific
Kiribati
Gilbert Islands
1
Native
Pacific
Southwestern Pacific
New Caledonia
Native
Africa
WESTERN INDIAN OCEAN:
Madagascar
(coastal),
Mauritius
(coastal),
Seychelles
Asia-Temperate
CHINA:
China
[Hainan Sheng]
EASTERN ASIA:
Japan
[Ryukyu Islands],
Taiwan
Asia-Tropical
INDIAN SUBCONTINENT:
India
(coastal),
Sri Lanka
PAPUASIA:
Indonesia
[Papua Barat],
Papua New Guinea
(coastal)
INDO-CHINA:
Cambodia
(coastal),
Myanmar
,
Thailand
(coastal)
MALESIA:
Malaysia
(Malaya),
Philippines
Australasia
AUSTRALIA:
Australia
[Queensland (e.)]
Pacific
NORTH-CENTRAL PACIFIC:
United States
[Hawaii]
NORTHWESTERN PACIFIC:
Micronesia
,
United States
[Guam, Northern Mariana Islands]
SOUTH-CENTRAL PACIFIC:
French Polynesia
SOUTHWESTERN PACIFIC:
Fiji
,
Kiribati
[Gilbert Islands],
New Caledonia
Economic Uses
Usage
Type
Note
Reference
Human food
vegetable
mostly as famine food in Micronesia
Austin, D. F.
1991.
Ipomoea littoralis
(Convolvulaceae) – taxonomy, distribution, and ethnobotany. Econ. Bot. 45:251-256.
URL:
http://link.springer.com/journal/volumesAndIssues/12231
Name
References