WFO logo

Snapshots of the taxonomy
WFO Logo

As classified in WFO snapshot

June 2025

latest classification for this taxon

Previous Previous classification

genus

Ipomoea L.

This genus name was first published in Sp. Pl. : 159 (1753)  

At the time of this classification snapshot, this genus name was accepted by WFO (placed as the accepted name of a taxon). Its description and other taxonomic data can be found on World Flora Online, id: wfo-4000019160.

Literature

Statistics

${ isRankTypeStat ? 'Rank' : 'Status'}Total%
◼︎ ${ stat.label } ${ formatNumber(stat.value) }${ percentage(stat.value) }%
Total${formatNumber(currentTotalValues)}

Choose statistic to display:

Synonyms of Ipomoea

Name Author Protologue Nomenclator WFO link
Convolvulus pendulus Silva Manso – wfo-0001040580
Acmostemon Pilg. Notizbl. Bot. Gart. Berlin–Dahlem 13: 106. 1936. (15 Mar 1936) wfo-4000000317
Amphione Raf. Fl. Tellur. 4: 79 (1838) wfo-4000001728
Apopleumon Raf. Fl. Tellur. 4: 72 (1838) wfo-4000002740
Batatas Choisy Mém. Soc. Phys. Genève 6: 434 (1833 publ. 1834) wfo-4000004202
Bombycospermum J.Presl Reliq. Haenk. 2: 137 (1835) wfo-4000004946
Bonanox Raf. Fl. Tellur. 4: 77 (1836) wfo-4000004958
Calboa Cav. Icon. 5: 51. 1799. wfo-4000005981
Calonyction Choisy Mém. Soc. Phys. Genève 6: 441 (1833 publ. 1834) wfo-4000006163
Calycanthemum Klotzsch Naturw. Reise Mossambique 6(Bot.): 243. 1862. wfo-4000006231
Cleiemera Raf. Fl. Tellur. 4: 77 (1838) wfo-4000008533
Clitocyamos St.-Lag. Ann. Soc. Bot. Lyon 7: 128 (1880) wfo-4000008643
Coiladena Raf. Fl. Tellur. 2: 12 (1837) wfo-4000008861
Convolvuloides Moench Methodus : 451 (1794) wfo-4000009201
Diatrema Raf. Herb. Raf. : 80 (1833) wfo-4000011356
Dimerodiscus Gagnep. Notul. Syst. (Paris) 14: 25 (1950) wfo-4000011756
Doxema Raf. Fl. Tellur. 4: 75. 1836[1838]. wfo-4000012487
Elythrostamna Bojer Rapp. Annuel Trav. Soc. Hist. Nat. île Maurice 1: 31 (1836) wfo-4000013276
Exallosis Raf. Fl. Tellur. 4: 83 (1838) wfo-4000014431
Exocroa Raf. Fl. Tellur. 4: 80 (1838) wfo-4000014461
Exogonium Choisy Mém. Soc. Phys. Genève 6: 443 (1833 publ. 1834) wfo-4000014467
Fraxima Raf. Fl. Tellur. 4: 83 (1838) wfo-4000015024
Gynoisa Raf. Fl. Tellur. 4: 75 (1838) wfo-4000016584
Kolofonia Raf. Fl. Tellur. 4: 73 (1838) wfo-4000020153
Latrienda Raf. Fl. Tellur. 4: 81 (1838) wfo-4000020733
Legendrea Webb & Berthel. Hist. Nat. Îles Canaries 3(2, 3): 26–27. 1844. (Apr 1844) wfo-4000020883
Leptocallis G.Don Gen. Hist. 4: 260 (1837) wfo-4000021222
Macrostemma Pers. Syn. Pl. 1: 185. 1805. wfo-4000022781
Melascus Raf. Fl. Tellur. 4: 80 (1838) wfo-4000023615
Milhania Neck. Elem. Bot. 3: 24 (1790) wfo-4000024292
Mina Cerv. Nov. Veg. Descr. 1: 3. 1824. wfo-4000024339
Modesta Raf. Fl. Tellur. 4: 75 (1838) wfo-4000024523
Morenoa La Llave Nov. Veg. Descr. 1: 5 (1824) wfo-4000024839
Navipomoea (Roberty) Roberty Boissiera 10: 147 (1964) wfo-4000025406
Neorthosis Raf. Fl. Tellur. 4: 125 (1838) wfo-4000025829
Ornithosperma Raf. Fl. Ludov. : 149 (1817) wfo-4000027199
Parasitipomoea Hayata Icon. Pl. Formosan. 6: 33. 1916. wfo-4000028157
Pentacrostigma K.Afzel. Svensk Bot. Tidskr. 23: 181. 1929. wfo-4000028567
Pharbitis Choisy Mém. Soc. Phys. Genève 6: 438 (1833 publ. 1834) wfo-4000029124
Plesiagopus Raf. Fl. Tellur. 4: 78 (1838) wfo-4000030283
Quamoclit Mill. Gard. Dict. Abr. ed. 4 : s.p. (1754) wfo-4000032356
Quamoclita Raf. Fl. Tellur. 4: 74 (1838) wfo-4000032358
Saccia Naudin Rev. Hort. (Paris) 61: 35 (1889) wfo-4000033731
Stomadena Raf. Fl. Tellur. 2: 12 (1837) wfo-4000036774
Tereietra Raf. Fl. Tellur. 4: 124 (1838) wfo-4000037793
Tirtalia Raf. Fl. Tellur. 4: 71 (1838) wfo-4000038474
Tremasperma Raf. Fl. Tellur. 4: 124 (1838) wfo-4000038812
Cleiostoma Raf. Fl. Tellur. 4: 80 (1838) wfo-4000043487
Decaloba Raf. Fl. Tellur. 4: 76 (1838) wfo-4000043629
Diatremis Raf. Ann. Gén. Sci. Phys. 8: 271 (1821) wfo-4000043630
Lariospermum Raf. Ann. Gén. Sci. Phys. 8: 271 (1821) wfo-4000043632
Nil Medik. Staatswirthschaftl. Vorles. Churpfälz. Phys.-Ökon. Ges. Heidelberg 1: 210 (1791) wfo-4000043636

Species in Ipomoea ( ${pageIsLoading?'loading':'showing'} species ${currentlyShowingRangeFirst} to ${currentlyShowingRangeLast} of ${ totalPartsCount })

Name Author Protologue Nomenclator WFO link

Unplaced Names

These names are not yet placed in the taxonomy, but may be associated with Ipomoea:

Name Author Protologue Nomenclator WFO link
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Ipomoea aculeata var. aculeata – – wfo-1200096909
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Ipomoea acuminata var. burckii Boerl. Handl. Fl. Ned. Ind. (Boerlage) 2: 511 (1899) wfo-1200017661
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Ipomoea agrestis Hochst. ex Engl. Abh. Königl. Akad. Wiss. Berlin 1891: 345, in syn. 1892 wfo-0000156552
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Ipomoea alpina subsp. argyrophylla Duvigneaud & Dewit. Bull. Soc. Roy. Bot. Belgique 96: 138. 1963 (1963) wfo-1200013148
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Ipomoea alpina subsp. hirsutula Duvigneaud & Dewit. Bull. Soc. Roy. Bot. Belgique 96: 141. 1963 (1963) wfo-1200013114
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Ipomoea alpina subsp. hockii (De Wild.) Duvigneaud & Dewit. Bull. Soc. Roy. Bot. Belgique 96: 140. 1963 (1963) wfo-1200013214
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Ipomoea alpina subsp. longissima Duvigneaud & Dewit. Bull. Soc. Roy. Bot. Belgique 96: 138. 1963 (1963) wfo-1200013123
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Ipomoea alterniflora subsp. cubensis (House) García-Beltrán Cat. Plantas de Cuba 344 (2024) wfo-1200110072
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Ipomoea amambayensis Hassl. Addenda Pl. Hassl. 18, nomen. 1917 wfo-0000156554
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Ipomoea amnicola subsp. amnicola – Unknown Publ. () wfo-1200012243
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Ipomoea arenaria (Choisy) Steud. Nomencl. Bot. [Steudel], ed. 2 1: 815 (1840) wfo-0001418972
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Ipomoea argentea var. hypoleuca (Taub.) Hallier f. Jahrb. Hamburg. Wiss. Anst. 16(3): 19. 1899 wfo-1200017611
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Ipomoea argyreioides var. elongata Choisy Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 9: 358. 1845 wfo-1200017534
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Ipomoea argyrophylla var. brevisepala Rendle Fl. Trop. Afr. 4(2): 195. 1905 wfo-1200017618
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Ipomoea argyrophylla var. glabrescens Hallier f. Sitzungsber. Kaiserl. Akad. Wiss., Math.-Naturwiss. Cl. 107(1): 51. 1898 wfo-1200017706
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Ipomoea argyrophylla var. somalensis (Verdc.) Verdc. Kew Bull. 15: 18. 1961 wfo-1200017634
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Ipomoea asclepiadea Choisy ex Steud. Nomencl. Bot. [Steudel], ed. 2. 1: 815. 1840 wfo-0000156561
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Ipomoea asterophora var. asterophora – – wfo-1200096910
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Ipomoea asterophora var. subglabra Ooststr. – wfo-1200096898
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Ipomoea aurita (Roem. & Schult.) G.Don Addenda Pl. Hassl. 18, nomen. 1917 wfo-0001296882
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Ipomoea baccifera Russ. ex Steud. Nomencl. Bot. [Steudel], ed. 2. 1: 815. 1840 wfo-0000156574
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Ipomoea bahiensis var. uniflora (Choisy) Meisn. Fl. Bras. 7: 269. 1869 wfo-1200017511
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Ipomoea barteri var. stenophylla Hallier f. Bull. Herb. Boissier 6: 543. 1898 wfo-1200017683
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Ipomoea barteri var. subsericea Hallier f. Bull. Soc. Roy. Bot. Belgique 37: 96. 1898 wfo-1200017546
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Ipomoea bartletti Standl. – — wfo-0001296885
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Ipomoea batatas var. caespitosa Makino ex H.Hara Enum. Spermatophytarum Japon. 165. 1948 wfo-1200017459
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Ipomoea batatas var. cannabina Hallier f. Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 28: 37. 1899 wfo-1200017598
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Ipomoea batatas var. indivisa Griseb. ex Meisn. Fl. Bras. 7: 282. 1869 wfo-1200017542
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Ipomoea batatas var. subscandens Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 442. 1891 wfo-1200017528
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Ipomoea bisperma Larrañaga Escritos D. A. Larrañaga 2: 78 (1923) wfo-0000155083
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Ipomoea blepharophylla var. cordata Rendle J. Bot. 34: 37. 1896 wfo-1200017699
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Ipomoea bolusiana var. abbreviata Hallier f. Bull. Herb. Boissier 7: 54. 1899 wfo-1200017456
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Ipomoea bolusiana var. elongata Hallier f. Bull. Herb. Boissier 7: 54. 1899 wfo-1200017687
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Ipomoea bonanox var. grandiflora C.B.Clarke Fl. Brit. India 4: 197. 1883 wfo-1200017461
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Ipomoea bronsonii J.N.Gerard Gard. & Forest 5: 345 (1892) wfo-0001040571
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Ipomoea brousoni J.N.Gerard Gard. & Forest v. (1892) 345. wfo-0000156598
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Ipomoea browniana F.Dietr. Neu. Nachtr. Vollst. Lex. Gärtn. 4: 618 (1835) wfo-1000037296
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Ipomoea buchananii Choisy Mém. Soc. Phys. Genève 6: 474 (1833 publ. 1834) wfo-0000156602
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Ipomoea buchneri var. latifolia Hallier f. Bull. Soc. Roy. Bot. Belgique 37: 100. 1898 wfo-1200017614
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Ipomoea buchneri var. tomentosa Hallier f. Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 18: 152. 1893 wfo-1200017554
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Ipomoea caesia Hoffmanns. Verz. Pfl.-Kult. , Nachtr. 2: 140 (1826) wfo-0000156609
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Ipomoea caespitosa Hallier f. Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 16(4-5): 552. 1893 [27 Jun 1893] wfo-0000156610
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Ipomoea caespitosa Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 443. 1891 [5 Nov 1891] wfo-0000156611
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Ipomoea cairica var. hederacea Hallier f. Bull. Herb. Boissier 6: 546. 1898 wfo-1200017617
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Ipomoea campanulata var. illustris C.B.Clarke Fl. Brit. India 4: 211. 1883 wfo-1200017609
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Ipomoea capitellata var. lobata (C.B.Clarke) V.S.Raju J. Econ. Taxon. Bot. 46(3-4): 80 2022 wfo-1200093620
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Ipomoea cathartica var. angustiloba Meisn. Fl. Bras. 7: 225. 1869 wfo-1200017696
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Ipomoea cephalantha Dammer Beibl. Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 57: 39. 1897 (1897) wfo-0000155086
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Ipomoea chrysotrichoides Hassl. Addenda Pl. Hassl. 18, nomen. 1917 wfo-0001296904
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Ipomoea cipo-colla Glaz. Bull. Soc. Bot. France 57(Mém. 3e): 484. 1910 wfo-0000155088
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Ipomoea classeniana C.Huber Cat. Gén. 1870-1871: 7 (1870) wfo-0001297538
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Ipomoea clausseniana Bonard Hort. Franc. 1869(11): 349 1869 wfo-1000057114
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Ipomoea coerulea Bello ex Stahl. Estud. Fl. Puerto-Rico vi. (1888) 158. wfo-0000156671
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Ipomoea compressa Guss. Index Seminum (Boccadifalco) 1825: 7 (1825) wfo-0000156675
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Ipomoea congesta var. brevipedunculata Hochr. Candollea 5: 185. 1934 wfo-1200017717
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Ipomoea contorquens var. vulgaris Meisn. Fl. Bras. 7: 286. 1869 wfo-1200017577
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Ipomoea coptica var. malvifolia Hallier f. Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 18: 147. 1893 wfo-1200017652
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Ipomoea coptica var. siphonantha Hallier f. Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 28: 48. 1899 wfo-1200017678
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Ipomoea cordifolia Ten. ex Choisy Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 9: 390, nomen. [Tenore, Hort. Nap. 53]. 1845 [1 Jan 1845] wfo-0000156681
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Ipomoea cordigera Mart. ex Regel Index Seminum (LE, Petropolitanus) 1860: 39 (1860) wfo-0000156682
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Ipomoea coscinosperma var. glabra G.W.Schimp. ex Baker & Rendle Fl. Trop. Afr. 4(2): 138. 1905 wfo-1200017475
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Ipomoea coscinosperma var. hirsuta A.Rich. Tent. Fl. Abyss. 2: 66. 1850 wfo-1200017536
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Ipomoea crassicaulis var. goodellii O.Deg. Fl. Hawaiiensis 307: s.p. 1936 wfo-1200017544
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Ipomoea crassipes var. auriculata Engl. Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 10: 246. 1888 wfo-1200017595
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Ipomoea crassipes var. grandifolia Hallier f. Bull. Herb. Boissier 7: 49. 1899 wfo-1200017724
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Ipomoea crassipes var. longepedunculata Hallier f. Bull. Herb. Boissier 7: 45. 1899 wfo-1200017457
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Ipomoea crassipes var. ononoides Hallier f. Bull. Herb. Boissier 7: 45. 1899 wfo-1200017633
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Ipomoea crassipes var. shirensis Baker Fl. Trop. Afr. 4(2): 147. 1905 wfo-1200017564
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Ipomoea crassipes var. strigosa Hallier f. Bull. Herb. Boissier 7: 44. 1899 wfo-1200017480
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Ipomoea crassipes var. thunbergioides Hallier f. Bull. Herb. Boissier 7: 47. 1899 wfo-1200017533
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Ipomoea crassipes var. ukambensis (Vatke) Hallier f. Bull. Herb. Boissier 7: 46. 1899 wfo-1200017718
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Ipomoea crassipes var. volubilis Hallier f. Bull. Herb. Boissier 7: 48. 1899 wfo-1200017592
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Ipomoea cruckshanksii Choisy Prodr. 9: 389 (1845) wfo-0001298884
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Ipomoea curassavica Balb. Syst. Veg., ed. 15 bis [Roemer & Schultes] 4: 237. 1819 [Mar-Jun 1819] wfo-0000156686
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Ipomoea cymosa var. culta Choisy Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 9: 371. 1845 wfo-1200017474
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Ipomoea cymosa var. pilosa Choisy Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 9: 371. 1845 wfo-1200017710
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Ipomoea cymosa var. radicans (Blume) Miq. Fl. Ned. Ind. 2: 613. 1857 wfo-1200017504
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Ipomoea cymosa var. sagittata Choisy Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 9: 371. 1845 wfo-1200017600
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Ipomoea cymosa var. sagittatoangulata Choisy Mém. Soc. Phys. Genève 6: 463. 1834 wfo-1200017656
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Ipomoea dasysperma var. disperma Ram.Goyena Fl. Nicarag. 2: 652 (1911) wfo-0001372394
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Ipomoea debeerstii subsp. discolor Duvigneaud & Dewit. Bull. Soc. Roy. Bot. Belgique 96: 140. 1963 (1963) wfo-1200013225
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Ipomoea decorsei A.Chev. Sudania i. 83, No. 5667 (1911), nomen. wfo-0000156699
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Ipomoea digitata var. digitata – – wfo-0001394604
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Ipomoea digitata var. eriosperma (P.Beauv.) Rendle Fl. Trop. Afr. 4(2): 190. 1905 wfo-1200017469
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Ipomoea dissecta var. acuta (Choisy) Rendle Fl. Trop. Afr. 4(2): 177. 1905 wfo-1200017550
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Ipomoea diversifolia Arn. ex Steud. Nomencl. Bot. [Steudel], ed. 2 1: 816 (1840) wfo-1000077743
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Ipomoea donaldsonii var. pubicalyx Hallier f. Annuario Reale Ist. Bot. Roma 7: 232. 1898 wfo-1200017632
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Ipomoea echioides var. villosula Meisn. Fl. Bras. 7: 244. 1869 wfo-1200017646
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Ipomoea erecta Michx. in Lam. Journ. Hist. Nat. i. 410 (1792); Rehder in Journ. Arnold Arb. iv. 6. wfo-0000156718
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Ipomoea erubescens Hort. ex Vilmorin Vilm. Blumengärtn., ed. 3. 1: 710, in syn. 1895 wfo-0000156720
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Ipomoea fangliaoensis S.S.Ying New Taxa New Names 6: 267 2023 wfo-1000057094
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Ipomoea fastigiata var. platanifolia (Vahl) Griseb. Fl. Brit. W. I. 468. 1862 wfo-1200017499
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Ipomoea fastigiata var. vulgaris Meisn. Fl. Bras. 7: 267. 1869 wfo-1200017674
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Ipomoea ficifolia var. laxiflora Hallier f. Sitzungsber. Kaiserl. Akad. Wiss., Math.-Naturwiss. Cl. 107(1): 48. 1898 wfo-1200017484
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Ipomoea filifolia G.Don Gen. Hist. 4: 268 (1837) wfo-0000156726
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Ipomoea flexuosa (Spreng.) F.Dietr. Neu. Nachtr. Vollst. Lex. Gärtn. 4: 625 (1835) wfo-1000037372
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Ipomoea forsteri var. hawaiiensis A.Gray ex H.Mann Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts 7: 195. 1866 wfo-1200017708
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Ipomoea forsteri var. pauciflora Hillebr. Fl. Hawaiian Isl. 316. 1888 wfo-1200017602
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Ipomoea fragilis var. glabra Hallier f. Bull. Herb. Boissier 7: 50. 1899 wfo-1200017530
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Ipomoea fragilis var. pubescens Hallier f. Bull. Herb. Boissier 7: 51. 1899 wfo-1200017567