Ipomoea × leucantha

Ipomoea × leucantha

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Solanales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Cladus: Asterids Cladus: Lamiids Ordo: Solanales

Familia: Convolvulaceae
Tribus: Ipomoeeae
Genus: Ipomoea
Subgenus: I. subg. Eriospermum
Sectio: I. sect. Eriospermum
Series: I. ser. Batatas
Species: Ipomoea × leucantha

Name

Ipomoea × leucantha Jacq., Icon. Pl. Rar. t. 318. 1788, pro sp.

• Formula hybridae: Ipomoea cordatotriloba Dennst. × Ipomoea lacunosa L.

Synonyms

• Homotypic
  • Convolvulus × leucanthus (Jacq.) Desr. in J.B.A.M.de Lamarck, Encycl. 3: 541 (1792).
  • Quamoclit × leucantha (Jacq.) G.Don, Gen. Hist. 4: 258 (1837).
  • Euryloma × leucantha (Jacq.) Raf., Fl. Tellur. 4: 75 (1838).
  • Ipomoea batatas var. leucantha (Jacq.) Nishiyama, Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 84: 385 (1971).
• Heterotypic
  • Ipomoea × philadelphica Roem. & Schult., Syst. Veg., ed. 15 bis 4: 236 (1819).
  • Ipomoea trifida var. ymalensis House, Ann. New York Acad. Sci. 18: 254 (1908).
  • Ipomoea lacunosa f. purpurata Fernald, Rhodora 40: 454 (1938).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Northern America USA (Alabama, Arkansas, California, District of Columbia, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Iowa, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Massachusetts, Maryland, Missouri, Mississippi, North Carolina, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, West Virginia), Canada (Ontario) References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Jacquin, N. v. 1788 [publ. 1789]. Collectanea ad botanicam, chemiam, et historiam naturalem spectantia, cum figuris. Vol. 2. Ex Officina Wappleriana, Vindobonae [Vienna]. 374 pp., 18 pl. Biblioteca Digital. Reference page. : 2: 280

Additional references

• Wunderlin, R.P., and Hansen, B.F. 2008. Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants. Institute for Systematic Botany, University of South Florida, Tampa. Accessed: 2009 April 12. [1].

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2019. Ipomoea × leucantha in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2019 November 16. Reference page. 
• Hassler, M. 2019. Ipomoea leucantha. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2019. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2019 November 16. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2019. Ipomoea × leucantha. Published online. Accessed: November 16 2019.
• Tropicos.org 2019. Ipomoea × leucantha. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 16 November 2019.
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Ipomoea × leucantha in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 07-Oct-06.

Vernacular names

English: Whitestar

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