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Taxon:  Ipomoea alba L.



Summary
Genus:
Ipomoea
Subgenus:
Quamoclit
Section:
Calonyction
Family:
Convolvulaceae
Tribe:
Ipomoeeae
Nomen number:
20135
Place of publication:
Sp. pl. 1:161. 1753
Verified:
04/01/1987 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
Homotypic Synonym(s)
Calonyction album (L.) House

Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Calonyction aculeatum (L.) House
Convolvulus aculeatus L.
Convolvulus maximus L. f.
Ipomoea bona-nox L.
Ipomoea maxima (L. f.) Sweet
Ipomoea noctiflora Griff.
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Reference(s)
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  2. Aldén, B., S. Ryman & M. Hjertson. Våra kulturväxters namn - ursprung och användning. Formas, Stockholm (Handbook on Swedish cultivated and utility plants, their names and origin). 2009 Note:
    • based on Alden, B. & S. Ryman. 2005-: SKUD (Swedish Utility and Cultivated Plants Database)
    • http://www.skud.info
  3. Angely, J. A. Flora analitica do Parana. 1965
  4. Austin, D. F. & Z. Huáman. 1996. A synopsis of Ipomoea (Convolvulaceae) in the Americas. Taxon 45:5. http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/iapt/tax
  5. Babu, C. R. Herbaceous flora of Dehra Dun. 1977
  6. Backer, C. A. & R. C. Bakhuizen van den Brink, Jr. Flora of Java. 1963-1968
  7. Cabrera, A. L. & E. M. Zardini. Manual de la flora de los alrededores de Buenos Aires. 1978
  8. Correll, D. S. & H. B. Correll. Flora of the Bahama archipelago. 1982
  9. Correll, D. S. & M. C. Johnston. Manual of the vascular plants of Texas. 1970
  10. Dassanayake, M. D. & F. R. Fosberg, eds. A revised handbook to the flora of Ceylon. 1980-
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  14. Gunn, C. R. 1972. Moonflowers, Ipomoea section Calonyction in temperate North America. Brittonia 24:150-168.
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  22. Lejoly, J. & S. Lisowski. 1992. Les genres Merremia et Ipomoea (Convolvulaceae) dans la flore d'Afrique Centrale (Zaire, Rwanda, Burundi). Fragm. Florist. Geobot. 37:64.
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Common names
English
moonflower –
Afrikaans
maanblom –
German
Mondblüte –
weiße Prunkwinde –
Japanese Rōmaji
yakai-sō –
yoru-gao –
Swedish
månvinda –
Transcribed Chinese
yue guang hua –
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNote
1NativeNorthern America Mexico  
1NativeNorthern AmericaSoutheastern U.S.A.United StatesFlorida 
1NativeSouthern AmericaBrazilBrazil  
1NativeSouthern AmericaCaribbeanBahamas  
1NativeSouthern AmericaCaribbeanCuba  
1NativeSouthern AmericaCaribbeanDominican Republic  
1NativeSouthern AmericaCaribbeanHaiti  
1NativeSouthern AmericaMesoamericaBelize  
1NativeSouthern AmericaMesoamericaCosta Rica  
1NativeSouthern AmericaMesoamericaGuatemala  
1NativeSouthern AmericaMesoamericaHonduras  
1NativeSouthern AmericaMesoamericaNicaragua  
1NativeSouthern AmericaMesoamericaPanama  
1NativeSouthern AmericaNorthern South AmericaFrench Guiana  
1NativeSouthern AmericaNorthern South AmericaGuyana  
1NativeSouthern AmericaNorthern South AmericaSuriname  
1NativeSouthern AmericaNorthern South AmericaVenezuela  
1NativeSouthern AmericaSouthern South AmericaArgentina  
1NativeSouthern AmericaWestern South AmericaBolivia  
1NativeSouthern AmericaWestern South AmericaColombia  
2Cultivated    also cult.
4Naturalized    widely natzd. in tropics
Native
Northern America
  • REGION: Mexico
  • SOUTHEASTERN U.S.A.: United States [Florida]
Southern America
  • BRAZIL: Brazil
  • CARIBBEAN: Bahamas, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Haiti
  • MESOAMERICA: Belize, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama
  • NORTHERN SOUTH AMERICA: French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, Venezuela
  • SOUTHERN SOUTH AMERICA: Argentina
  • WESTERN SOUTH AMERICA: Bolivia, Colombia
Cultivated (also cult.)
Naturalized (widely natzd. in tropics)
Economic Uses
Environmental
Weed
(fide Weeds SAfr 2001) –


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