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Taxon:
Ipomoea cairica
(L.) Sweet
Nomenclature
Common Names
Distribution
Economic Uses
Summary
Genus:
Ipomoea
Subgenus:
Quamoclit
Family:
Convolvulaceae
Tribe:
Ipomoeeae
Nomen number:
20148
Place of publication:
Hort. brit. ed. 1:287. 1826
Comment:
valid publication verified from original literature
Verified:
04/15/1987
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
Basionym
Convolvulus cairicus
L.
Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Convolvulus heptaphyllus
Rottler & Willd.
Ipomoea heptaphylla
Voigt
Ipomoea palmata
Forssk.
Ipomoea pulchella
Roth
No images
Reference(s)
Adams, C.
1972. Flowering plants of Jamaica
Allan, H. H. B. et al.
1961-. Flora of New Zealand.
URL:
http://floraseries.landcareresearch.co.nz/pages/index.aspx
Angely, J. A.
1965. Flora analitica do Parana.
Austin, D. F. & Z. Huáman.
1996. A synopsis of
Ipomoea
(Convolvulaceae) in the Americas. Taxon 45:5.
URL:
http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/iapt/tax
Austin, D. F.
1996. pers. comm.
Note:
re. common names
Babu, C. R.
1977. Herbaceous flora of Dehra Dun.
Backer, C. A. & R. C. Bakhuizen van den Brink, Jr.
1963-1968. Flora of Java.
Beetle, A. A.
1970. Recommended plant names. Univ. Wyoming Agr. Exp. Sta. Res. J. 31
Berhaut, J.
1971-. Flore illustrée du Senegal.
Bhandari, M. M.
1978. Flora of the Indian desert.
Bond, P. & P. Goldblatt.
1984. Plants of the Cape Flora, J. S. African Bot. suppl. vol. 13.
Boulos, L.
1999-. Flora of Egypt
Cabrera, A. L. & E. M. Zardini.
1978. Manual de la flora de los alrededores de Buenos Aires.
Chinese Academy of Sciences.
1959-. Flora reipublicae popularis sinicae.
Correll, D. S. & M. C. Johnston.
1970. Manual of the vascular plants of Texas
Dassanayake, M. D. & F. R. Fosberg, eds.
1980-. A revised handbook to the flora of Ceylon.
Davidse, G. et al., eds.
1994. Flora mesoamericana.
Encke, F. et al.
1984. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 13. Auflage
Eriksson, O. et al.
1979. Flora of Macaronesia: checklist of vascular plants, ed. 2.
Exell, A. W. et al., eds.
1960-. Flora zambesiaca.
URL:
http://www.kew.org/efloras/namesearch.do
Germishuizen, G. & N. L. Meyer, eds.
2003. Plants of southern Africa: an annotated checklist. Strelitzia 14
Greuter, W. et al., eds.
1984-. Med-Checklist.
Hara, H. et al.
1978-1982. An enumeration of the flowering plants of Nepal.
Hara, H.
1966-1975. Flora of eastern Himalaya
Note:
v. 1:1966, v. 2:1971, v. 3:1975
Harling, G. & B. Sparre, eds.
1973-. Flora of Ecuador.
Hedberg, I. & S. Edwards.
1989-. Flora of Ethiopia
Note:
Eritrea added in 2000
Hickman, J. C., ed.
1993. The Jepson manual: higher plants of California
Hnatiuk, R. J.
1990. Census of Australian vascular plants. Australian Flora and Fauna Series No. 11.
Holm, L. et al.
1979. A geographical atlas of world weeds
Huxley, A., ed.
1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening
Institute of Pacific Islands Forestry.
Pacific Island Ecosystems at Risk (PIER): plant threats to Pacific ecosystems (on-line resource).
URL:
http://www.hear.org/pier/index.html
Instituto de Botánica Darwinion.
2008. Flora del Conosur. Catálogo de las plantas vasculares.
URL:
http://www2.darwin.edu.ar/Proyectos/FloraArgentina/FA.asp
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.
Lejoly, J. & S. Lisowski.
1992. Les genres
Merremia
et
Ipomoea
(Convolvulaceae) dans la flore d'Afrique Centrale (Zaire, Rwanda, Burundi). Fragm. Florist. Geobot. 37:115.
Li, H. L. et al., eds.
1975-1979. Flora of Taiwan.
Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium.
1976. Hortus third.
Matthew, K. M.
1983. The flora of the Tamilnadu Carnatic.
Nasir, E. & S. I. Ali, eds.
1970-. Flora of [West] Pakistan.
O'Donell, C. A.
1959. Convolvuláceas argentinas. Lilloa 29:128-134.
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
Ross, J.
1972. The flora of Natal.
Saldanha, C. J. & D. H. Nicolson.
1976. Flora of Hassan district.
Smitinand, T. & K. Larsen, eds.
1970-. Flora of Thailand.
Steenis, C. G. G. J. van, ed.
1948-. Flora malesiana.
Steyermark, J. A. & O. Huber.
1978. Flora del Avila.
Steyermark, J. A.
1977. Flora of Missouri.
Täckholm, V.
1974. Students' flora of Egypt, ed. 2.
Turrill, W. B. et al., eds.
1952-. Flora of tropical East Africa.
Walker, E.
1976. Flora of Okinawa and the southern Ryukyu Islands.
Weber, E.
2003. Invasive plant species of the world: a reference guide to environmental weeds
Wood, J. R. I.
1997. A handbook of the Yemen flora.
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
Note:
with two varieties
Wunderlin, R. & B. Hansen.
Atlas of Florida vascular plants (on-line resource).
URL:
http://www.florida.plantatlas.usf.edu/
Zuloaga, F. O. & O. Morrone, eds.
1996, 1999. Catálogo de las plantas vasculares de la República Argentina. I. Pteridophyta, Gymnospermae y Angiospermae (Monocotyledonae), II. Dicotyledonae. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 60, 74.
Common names
English
Cairo morning-glory –
Reference(s)
coastal morning-glory –
Reference(s)
five-leaf morning-glory –
Reference(s)
mile-a-minute –
Reference(s)
mile-a-minute-vine –
Reference(s)
railroad-creeper –
Reference(s)
railway-creeper –
Reference(s)
Arabic
sitt el-hosn –
Reference(s)
Japanese Rōmaji
momiji-hirugao –
Reference(s)
Transcribed Chinese
wu zhao jin long –
Reference(s)
Distribution
Exportable format
order_code
Status
Continent
Subcontinent
Country
State
Note
1
Native
Africa
East Tropical Africa
Kenya
1
Native
Africa
Macaronesia
Cabo Verde
1
Native
Africa
Northeast Tropical Africa
Eritrea
1
Native
Africa
Northeast Tropical Africa
Ethiopia
1
Native
Africa
Northeast Tropical Africa
Somalia
1
Native
Africa
Northern Africa
Egypt
1
Native
Africa
South Tropical Africa
Malawi
1
Native
Africa
South Tropical Africa
Mozambique
1
Native
Africa
South Tropical Africa
Zambia
1
Native
Africa
South Tropical Africa
Zimbabwe
1
Native
Africa
Southern Africa
Botswana
1
Native
Africa
Southern Africa
Eswatini
1
Native
Africa
Southern Africa
South Africa
1
Native
Asia-Temperate
Arabian Peninsula
Yemen
1
Native
Asia-Temperate
China
China
Fujian Sheng
1
Native
Asia-Temperate
China
China
Guangdong Sheng
1
Native
Asia-Temperate
China
China
Guangxi Zhuangzu Zizhiqu
1
Native
Asia-Temperate
China
China
Hainan Sheng
1
Native
Asia-Temperate
China
China
Yunnan Sheng
1
Native
Asia-Temperate
Eastern Asia
Japan
Ryukyu Islands
1
Native
Asia-Temperate
Eastern Asia
Taiwan
1
Native
Asia-Temperate
Western Asia
Israel
1
Native
Asia-Temperate
Western Asia
Jordan
1
Native
Asia-Tropical
Indian Subcontinent
India
1
Native
Asia-Tropical
Indian Subcontinent
Nepal
1
Native
Asia-Tropical
Indian Subcontinent
Pakistan
1
Native
Asia-Tropical
Indian Subcontinent
Sri Lanka
1
Native
Asia-Tropical
Indo-China
Myanmar
1
Native
Asia-Tropical
Indo-China
Thailand
1
Native
Asia-Tropical
Indo-China
Vietnam
1
Native
Asia-Tropical
Malesia
Indonesia
1
Native
Asia-Tropical
Malesia
Malaysia
1
Native
Asia-Tropical
Malesia
Philippines
1
Native
Asia-Tropical
Papuasia
Papua New Guinea
1
Native
Australasia
New Zealand
New Zealand
2
Cultivated
also cult.
4
Naturalized
Asia-Tropical
Papuasia
Solomon Islands
4
Naturalized
Australasia
Australia
Australia
4
Naturalized
Europe
Southeastern Europe
Malta
4
Naturalized
Northern America
Southeastern U.S.A.
United States
Florida
4
Naturalized
Northern America
Southeastern U.S.A.
United States
Louisiana
4
Naturalized
Northern America
Southern Mexico
Mexico
Oaxaca
4
Naturalized
Northern America
Southwestern U.S.A.
United States
California
4
Naturalized
Pacific
North-Central Pacific
United States
Hawaii
4
Naturalized
Pacific
Northwestern Pacific
Micronesia
4
Naturalized
Pacific
South-Central Pacific
French Polynesia
4
Naturalized
Pacific
Southwestern Pacific
Fiji
4
Naturalized
Pacific
Southwestern Pacific
New Caledonia
4
Naturalized
Pacific
Southwestern Pacific
Tonga
4
Naturalized
Southern America
Brazil
Brazil
4
Naturalized
Southern America
Caribbean
Jamaica
4
Naturalized
Southern America
Central America
Honduras
4
Naturalized
Southern America
Northern South America
Guyana
4
Naturalized
Southern America
Northern South America
Venezuela
4
Naturalized
Southern America
Southern South America
Argentina
4
Naturalized
Southern America
Southern South America
Chile
4
Naturalized
Southern America
Southern South America
Paraguay
4
Naturalized
Southern America
Southern South America
Uruguay
4
Naturalized
Southern America
Western South America
Bolivia
4
Naturalized
Southern America
Western South America
Colombia
4
Naturalized
Southern America
Western South America
Ecuador
4
Naturalized
Southern America
Western South America
Peru
6
Other
exact native range obscure
Native
Africa
MACARONESIA:
Cabo Verde
NORTHERN AFRICA:
Egypt
NORTHEAST TROPICAL AFRICA:
Eritrea
,
Ethiopia
,
Somalia
EAST TROPICAL AFRICA:
Kenya
SOUTH TROPICAL AFRICA:
Mozambique
,
Malawi
,
Zambia
,
Zimbabwe
SOUTHERN AFRICA:
Botswana
,
Eswatini
,
South Africa
Asia-Temperate
ARABIAN PENINSULA:
Yemen
WESTERN ASIA:
Israel
,
Jordan
CHINA:
China
[Fujian Sheng, Guangdong Sheng, Yunnan Sheng, Guangxi Zhuangzu Zizhiqu, Hainan Sheng]
EASTERN ASIA:
Japan
[Ryukyu Islands],
Taiwan
Asia-Tropical
INDIAN SUBCONTINENT:
India
,
Sri Lanka
,
Nepal
,
Pakistan
PAPUASIA:
Papua New Guinea
INDO-CHINA:
Myanmar
,
Thailand
,
Vietnam
MALESIA:
Indonesia
,
Malaysia
,
Philippines
Australasia
NEW ZEALAND:
New Zealand
Cultivated
(also cult.)
Naturalized
Asia-Tropical
PAPUASIA:
Solomon Islands
Australasia
AUSTRALIA:
Australia
Europe
SOUTHEASTERN EUROPE:
Malta
Northern America
SOUTHEASTERN U.S.A.:
United States
[Florida, Louisiana]
SOUTHWESTERN U.S.A.:
United States
[California]
SOUTHERN MEXICO:
Mexico
[Oaxaca]
Pacific
NORTH-CENTRAL PACIFIC:
United States
[Hawaii]
NORTHWESTERN PACIFIC:
Micronesia
SOUTH-CENTRAL PACIFIC:
French Polynesia
SOUTHWESTERN PACIFIC:
Fiji
,
New Caledonia
,
Tonga
Southern America
CARIBBEAN:
Jamaica
CENTRAL AMERICA:
Honduras
NORTHERN SOUTH AMERICA:
Guyana
,
Venezuela
BRAZIL:
Brazil
WESTERN SOUTH AMERICA:
Bolivia
,
Colombia
,
Ecuador
,
Peru
SOUTHERN SOUTH AMERICA:
Argentina
,
Chile
,
Paraguay
,
Uruguay
Other
(exact native range obscure)
Economic Uses
Usage
Type
Note
Reference
Environmental
ornamental
Encke, F. et al.
1984. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 13. Auflage
Environmental
ornamental
Huxley, A., ed.
1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening
Environmental
ornamental
Weber, E.
2003. Invasive plant species of the world: a reference guide to environmental weeds
Medicines
folklore
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
Note:
with two varieties
Medicines
folklore
Austin, D. F.
1996. pers. comm.
Note:
re. common names
Weed
Holm, L. et al.
1979. A geographical atlas of world weeds
Weed
Weber, E.
2003. Invasive plant species of the world: a reference guide to environmental weeds
Name
References