Ipomoea imperati
Ipomoea imperati | |
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Spreading across a beach in Greece | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Asterids |
Order: | Solanales |
Family: | Convolvulaceae |
Genus: | Ipomoea |
Species: | I. imperati |
Binomial name | |
Ipomoea imperati (Vahl) Griseb.[1] |
Ipomoea imperati, the beach morning-glory (a name it shares with Ipomoea pes-caprae), is a species of flowering plant in the family Convolvulaceae. Like Ipomoea pes-caprae, its seeds disperse by floating in seawater. It has been found on the sandy shores of every continent except Antarctica.[2]
Ipomoea imperati and I. pes-caprae can be easily can be distinguished in that I. imperati has white flowers and I. pes-caprae usually has purple flowers.[3] The leaves of I. imperati are more linear or lanceolate while those of I. pes-caprae tend to be more circular or ovate.[3]
It is considered an invasive species in some places.[citation needed]
- Close-up of leaves and flower
References
- ^ Cat. Pl. Cub. 203. 1866
- ^ Lonard, R.I.; Judd, F.W. (1999). "The Biological Flora of Coastal Dunes and Wetlands. Ipomoea imperati (Vahl) Griseb". Journal of Coastal Research. 15 (3): 645–652. JSTOR 4298981.
- ^ a b Ruizheng, Fang; Staples, George. "Ipomoea". Flora of China. Vol. 16. Retrieved 17 December 2019 – via eFloras.org, Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, MO & Harvard University Herbaria, Cambridge, MA.
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- I. abrupta
- I. alba
- I. amnicola
- I. aquatica
- I. arborescens
- I. aristolochiifolia
- I. asarifolia
- I. batatas
- I. batatoides
- I. cairica
- I. carnea
- I. chrysocalyx
- I. coccinea
- I. cordatotriloba
- I. costata
- I. gracilis
- I. hederacea
- I. hederifolia
- I. horsfalliae
- I. indica
- I. polymorpha
- I. purga
- I. lacunosa
- I. leptophylla
- I. lobata
- I. mauritiana
- I. × multifida
- I. nil
- I. obscura
- I. quamoclit
- I. oenotherae
- I. pandurata
- I. pes-caprae
- I. pulcherrima
- I. purpurea
- I. sagittata
- I. simplex
- I. × sloteri
- I. tastensis
- I. tricolor
- I. triloba
- I. tuberculata
- I. violacea
- I. wrightii
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