Ipomoea coptica

Ipomoea coptica

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. Erpipomoea
Species: Ipomoea coptica
Subspecies: I. c. subsp. acuta – I. c. subsp. coptica

Name

Ipomoea coptica (L.) Roth ex Roem. & Schult., ed. 15 bis 4: 208 (1819).

Synonyms

• Basionym
  • Convolvulus copticus L., Mant. Pl. 2: 559 (1771).
• Homotypic
  • Operculina coptica (L.) House, Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 33: 500 (1906).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Africa South Africa (Limpopo, Gauteng, Mpulamanga, KwaZulu-Natal), Namibia, Botswana, Angola, Sudan, South Sudan, Burkina Faso, Mali, Mauritania, Senegal, Ghana, Togo, Benin, Nigeria, Central African Republic, Chad, Cameroon, Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, Caprivi Strip, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Malawi, Mozambique, Eritrea, Madagascar, Cape Verde Isl. (Sao Vicente Isl., Ilha da Boa Vista, Ilha de Maio, Ilha de Sao Tiago, Fogo Isl.) Continental: Australia Australia (Western Australia, Northern Territory, Queensland) Continental: Asie India, Sri Lanka, Thailand References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Roemer, J.J. & Schultes, J.A. 1819. Caroli a Linné equitis Systema Vegetabilium secundum classes ordines genera species. Cum characteribus, differentiis et synonymiis. Editio nova, speciebus inde ab editione XV. detectis aucta et locupletata. Vol. 4. VI + LX + 888 pp. Sumtibus J.G. Cottae, Stuttgardtiae [Stuttgart]. BHL Reference page. 

Additional references

• Roth, A.W., 1819. Systema Vegetabilium. Editio decima quinta bis 4:208.

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2019. Ipomoea coptica in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2019 November 12. Reference page. 
• Hassler, M. 2019. Ipomoea coptica. 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 12. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2019. Ipomoea coptica. Published online. Accessed: November 12 2019.
• Tropicos.org 2019. Ipomoea coptica. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 12 November 2019.
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Ipomoea coptica in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 07-Oct-06.

Vernacular names

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