Taxon:
Ipomoea carnea Jacq. subsp. carnea
Summary
Verified:
05/09/1995
ARS Systematic Botanists.
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Reference(s)
- Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & M. T. Strong. 2012. Catalogue of seed plants of the West Indies. Smithsonian Contr. Bot. 98
- Austin, D. F. & Z. Huáman. 1996. A synopsis of Ipomoea (Convolvulaceae) in the Americas. Taxon 45:6. URL: http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/iapt/tax
- Austin, D. F. 1977. Ipomoea carnea Jacq. vs. Ipomoea fistulosa Mart. ex Choisy. Taxon 26:237. URL: http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/iapt/tax
- Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening
- 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
- Stevens, W. D. et al., eds. 2001. Flora de Nicaragua. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 85(1-3).
Distribution
order_code | Status | Continent | Subcontinent | Country | State | Note |
1 | Native | Northern America | Southern Mexico | Mexico | Yucatán | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Caribbean | Aruba | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Caribbean | Guadeloupe | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Caribbean | Netherlands Antilles | Curacao | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Caribbean | St. Lucia | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Central America | Costa Rica | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Central America | Guatemala | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Central America | Nicaragua | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Central America | Panama | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Northern South America | Venezuela | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Western South America | Colombia | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Western South America | Ecuador | | |
1 | Native | Southern America | Western South America | Peru | | |
2 | Cultivated | | | | | also cult. |
Native
Northern America
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SOUTHERN MEXICO:
Mexico [Yucatán]
Southern America
-
CARIBBEAN:
Aruba, Netherlands Antilles [Curacao], Guadeloupe, St. Lucia
-
CENTRAL AMERICA:
Costa Rica, Guatemala, Nicaragua, Panama
-
NORTHERN SOUTH AMERICA:
Venezuela
-
WESTERN SOUTH AMERICA:
Colombia, Ecuador, Peru
Cultivated
(also cult.)
Economic Uses
Usage | Type | Note | Reference |
Environmental | ornamental | but not as widely cultivated as Ipomoea carnea subsp. fistulosa | Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening |