Convolvulaceae

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Ipomoea batatas (L.) Lam.

Ipomoea batatas (L.) Lam.

Ipomoea batatas (L.) Lam.

Ipomoea batatas, the sweet potato, is a widely cultivated root crop grown in tropical and warm temperate regions.

Ipomoea bracteata Cav.

Ipomoea bracteata Cav.

Ipomoea bracteata Cav.

Ipomoea bracteata Cav. is a bindweed family plant species that is endemic to Mexico.

Ipomoea cairica (L.) Sweet

Ipomoea cairica (L.) Sweet

Ipomoea cairica (L.) Sweet

Ipomoea cairica is a climbing vine grown ornamentally, with edible parts and medicinal uses, and ingestion causes respiratory symptoms.

Ipomoea carnea Jacq.

Ipomoea carnea Jacq.

Ipomoea carnea Jacq.

Ipomoea carnea (pink morning glory) is a toxic bush morning glory with a range of uses from paper-making to medicine.

Ipomoea coccinea L.

Ipomoea coccinea L.

Ipomoea coccinea L.

Ipomoea coccinea L., or red morning glory, is a climbing vine cultivated in India as an ornamental and medicinal plant.

Ipomoea cordatotriloba Dennst.

Ipomoea cordatotriloba Dennst.

Ipomoea cordatotriloba Dennst.

Ipomoea cordatotriloba is an annual climbing herb with purple-pink flowers, growing in disturbed areas across the southern US and northern Mexico.

Ipomoea corymbosa (L.) Roth

Ipomoea corymbosa (L.) Roth

Ipomoea corymbosa (L.) Roth

Ipomoea corymbosa is a perennial climbing vine, historically used in Mexican ritual, and invasive in several regions worldwide.

Ipomoea hederacea Jacq.

Ipomoea hederacea Jacq.

Ipomoea hederacea Jacq.

Ipomoea hederacea, ivy-leaved morning glory, is a bindweed family climbing vine native to tropical Americas, introduced to North America, with colorful summer to fall flowers.

Ipomoea hederifolia L.

Ipomoea hederifolia L.

Ipomoea hederifolia L.

Ipomoea hederifolia L. is a herbaceous annual vine native to the Americas, first described by Linnaeus in 1759, with multiple common names.

Ipomoea imperati (Vahl) Griseb.

Ipomoea imperati (Vahl) Griseb.

Ipomoea imperati (Vahl) Griseb.

Ipomoea imperati is a beach-growing flowering Convolvulaceae species that is invasive in some places.

Ipomoea indica (Burm.) Merr.

Ipomoea indica (Burm.) Merr.

Ipomoea indica (Burm.) Merr.

Ipomoea indica is a perennial vining morning glory cultivated as an ornamental, suited for year-round honey production.

Ipomoea lacunosa L.

Ipomoea lacunosa L.

Ipomoea lacunosa L.

Ipomoea lacunosa, the whitestar potato, is a North American vining morning glory with edible tubers used by some Native American tribes.

Ipomoea nil (L.) Roth

Ipomoea nil (L.) Roth

Ipomoea nil (L.) Roth

Ipomoea nil is a climbing morning glory species cultivated as a versatile ornamental with diverse colorful flower forms.

Ipomoea obscura (L.) Ker Gawl.

Ipomoea obscura (L.) Ker Gawl.

Ipomoea obscura (L.) Ker Gawl.

Ipomoea obscura is a climbing perennial vine with medicinal uses, native to the tropical Eastern Hemisphere and introduced worldwide.

Ipomoea pandurata (L.) G.Mey.

Ipomoea pandurata (L.) G.Mey.

Ipomoea pandurata (L.) G.Mey.

Ipomoea pandurata is a North American twining vine with edible tubers and various traditional medicinal uses.

Ipomoea pedicellaris Benth.

Ipomoea pedicellaris Benth.

Ipomoea pedicellaris Benth.

Ipomoea pedicellaris Benth. is a climbing herbaceous morning glory native to Central America and Mexico.

Ipomoea pes-caprae (L.) R.Br.

Ipomoea pes-caprae (L.) R.Br.

Ipomoea pes-caprae (L.) R.Br.

Ipomoea pes-caprae is a dune-colonizing coastal vine with traditional medicinal uses in multiple regions.

Ipomoea pes-tigridis L.

Ipomoea pes-tigridis L.

Ipomoea pes-tigridis L.

Ipomoea pes-tigridis is an annual hairy vine with palmately lobed leaves and white trumpet-shaped flowers that bloom September to November.

Ipomoea purpurea (L.) Roth

Ipomoea purpurea (L.) Roth

Ipomoea purpurea (L.) Roth

Ipomoea purpurea is a cultivated and weedy twining morning glory, whose commercial seeds are often treated with toxic chemicals.

Ipomoea quamoclit L.

Ipomoea quamoclit L.

Ipomoea quamoclit L.

Ipomoea quamoclit L. is a twining vine cultivated as an ornamental that is invasive in some warm regions.

Ipomoea sagittata Poir.

Ipomoea sagittata Poir.

Ipomoea sagittata Poir.

Ipomoea sagittata, the saltmarsh morning glory, is a coastal flowering morning glory native to the Americas and introduced to the Mediterranean.

Ipomoea stans Cav.

Ipomoea stans Cav.

Ipomoea stans Cav.

Ipomoea stans is a Mexican morning glory family plant widely used to treat seizures and nervous disorders.

Ipomoea tricolor Cav.

Ipomoea tricolor Cav.

Ipomoea tricolor Cav.

Ipomoea tricolor Cav. is a commonly cultivated ornamental twining liana that contains ergoline alkaloids.

Ipomoea trifida (Kunth) G.Don

Ipomoea trifida (Kunth) G.Don

Ipomoea trifida (Kunth) G.Don

Ipomoea trifida, threefork morning glory, is the closest wild relative of the sweet potato and native to the Americas and Caribbean.

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