Taxon:  Ipomoea carnea Jacq. subsp. fistulosa (Mart. ex Choisy) D. F. Austin



Summary
Genus:
Ipomoea
Subgenus:
Eriospermum
Section:
Eriospermum
Series:
Jalapae
Family:
Convolvulaceae
Tribe:
Ipomoeeae
Nomen number:
311551
Place of publication:
Taxon 26:237.  1977
Verified:
04/01/1987 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
9 (4  active, 1  available) in National Plant Germplasm System.  (Map it)
Other conspecific taxa
Ipomoea carnea Jacq. (4 active accession[s])
Ipomoea carnea Jacq. subsp. carnea (0 active accession[s])
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Basionym
Ipomoea fistulosa Mart. ex Choisy

Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Batatas crassicaulis Benth.
Ipomoea crassicaulis (Benth.) B. L. Rob.

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Conservation Status

Reference(s)
  1. University of Georgia Center for Invasive Species and Ecosystem Health
  2. APHIS. Agricultural Risk Management System United States Department of Agriculture.
  3. Austin, D. F. & Z. Huáman. 1996. A synopsis of Ipomoea (Convolvulaceae) in the Americas. Taxon 45:6.
  4. Austin, D. F. 1977. Ipomoea carnea Jacq. vs. Ipomoea fistulosa Mart. ex Choisy. Taxon 26:235-238.
  5. Brako, L. & J. L. Zarucchi. 1993. Catalogue of the flowering plants and gymnosperms of Peru. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 45
  6. Center for Aquatic and Invasive Plants. Florida state list aquatic & wetland noxious weeds - from Department of Environmental Protection (on-line resource). Note: = Ipomoea fistulosa Mart. ex Choisy
  7. Dassanayake, M. D. & F. R. Fosberg, eds. 1980-. A revised handbook to the flora of Ceylon.
  8. Encke, F. et al. 1984. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 13. Auflage
  9. Frey, R. 1995. Ipomoea carnea ssp. fistulosa (Martius ex Choisy) Austin: taxonomy, biology and ecology reviewed and inquired. Trop. Ecol. 36:21-48.
  10. Hara, H. et al. 1978-1982. An enumeration of the flowering plants of Nepal.
  11. Harling, G. & B. Sparre, eds. 1973-. Flora of Ecuador.
  12. Howard, R. 1974-1989. Flora of the lesser Antilles.
  13. Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening
  14. Liogier, H. A. 1981-. Flora of Hispaniola: Part 1; La Flora de la Española. Part II-.
  15. Liogier, H. A. 1984-. Descriptive flora of Puerto Rico and adjacent islands.
  16. Nasir, E. & S. I. Ali, eds. 1970-. Flora of [West] Pakistan.
  17. Porcher, M. H. et al. Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) (on-line resource).
  18. Staples, G. W. 1996. pers. comm. Note: re. English common names
  19. Stevens, W. D. et al., eds. 2001. Flora de Nicaragua. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 85(1-3).
  20. Steyermark, J. A. et al., eds. 1995-. Flora of the Venezuelan Guayana. Note: Missouri Botanical Garden & Timber Press
  21. Zuloaga, F. O. & O. Morrone, eds. 1996, 1999. Catálogo de las plantas vasculares de la República Argentina. I. Pteridophyta, Gymnospermae y Angiospermae (Monocotyledonae), II. Dicotyledonae. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 60, 74.
Common names
LanguageNameAlternate namenoteseqCitation
Englishbush morning-glory  1Staples, G. W. 1996. pers. comm. Note: re. English common names
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNoteReference
1NativeNorthern America Mexico   
1NativeSouthern AmericaBrazilBrazil   
1NativeSouthern AmericaCaribbeanJamaica   
1NativeSouthern AmericaCentral AmericaCosta Rica   
1NativeSouthern AmericaCentral AmericaGuatemala   
1NativeSouthern AmericaCentral AmericaNicaragua  Stevens, W. D. et al., eds. 2001. Flora de Nicaragua. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 85(1-3).
1NativeSouthern AmericaCentral AmericaPanama   
1NativeSouthern AmericaNorthern South AmericaGuyana   
1NativeSouthern AmericaNorthern South AmericaVenezuela   
1NativeSouthern AmericaSouthern South AmericaArgentinaChaco Zuloaga, F. O. & O. Morrone, eds. 1996, 1999. Catálogo de las plantas vasculares de la República Argentina. I. Pteridophyta, Gymnospermae y Angiospermae (Monocotyledonae), II. Dicotyledonae. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 60, 74.
1NativeSouthern AmericaSouthern South AmericaArgentinaCorrientes Zuloaga, F. O. & O. Morrone, eds. 1996, 1999. Catálogo de las plantas vasculares de la República Argentina. I. Pteridophyta, Gymnospermae y Angiospermae (Monocotyledonae), II. Dicotyledonae. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 60, 74.
1NativeSouthern AmericaSouthern South AmericaArgentinaEntre Ríos Zuloaga, F. O. & O. Morrone, eds. 1996, 1999. Catálogo de las plantas vasculares de la República Argentina. I. Pteridophyta, Gymnospermae y Angiospermae (Monocotyledonae), II. Dicotyledonae. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 60, 74.
1NativeSouthern AmericaSouthern South AmericaArgentinaFormosa Zuloaga, F. O. & O. Morrone, eds. 1996, 1999. Catálogo de las plantas vasculares de la República Argentina. I. Pteridophyta, Gymnospermae y Angiospermae (Monocotyledonae), II. Dicotyledonae. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 60, 74.
1NativeSouthern AmericaSouthern South AmericaArgentinaSantiago del Estero Zuloaga, F. O. & O. Morrone, eds. 1996, 1999. Catálogo de las plantas vasculares de la República Argentina. I. Pteridophyta, Gymnospermae y Angiospermae (Monocotyledonae), II. Dicotyledonae. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 60, 74.
1NativeSouthern AmericaSouthern South AmericaArgentinaTucumán Zuloaga, F. O. & O. Morrone, eds. 1996, 1999. Catálogo de las plantas vasculares de la República Argentina. I. Pteridophyta, Gymnospermae y Angiospermae (Monocotyledonae), II. Dicotyledonae. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 60, 74.
1NativeSouthern AmericaSouthern South AmericaParaguay   
1NativeSouthern AmericaWestern South AmericaBolivia   
1NativeSouthern AmericaWestern South AmericaColombia   
1NativeSouthern AmericaWestern South AmericaPeru  Brako, L. & J. L. Zarucchi. 1993. Catalogue of the flowering plants and gymnosperms of Peru. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 45
2Cultivated    also cult. in tropics & subtropics 
4Naturalized    natzd. elsewhere in tropics & subtropics 
Native
Northern America
  • REGION: Mexico
Southern America
  • CARIBBEAN: Jamaica
  • CENTRAL AMERICA: Costa Rica, Guatemala, Nicaragua, Panama
  • NORTHERN SOUTH AMERICA: Guyana, Venezuela
  • BRAZIL: Brazil
  • WESTERN SOUTH AMERICA: Bolivia, Colombia, Peru
  • SOUTHERN SOUTH AMERICA: Argentina [Chaco, Corrientes, Entre Ríos, Formosa, Santiago del Estero, Tucumán], Paraguay
Cultivated (also cult. in tropics & subtropics)
Naturalized (natzd. elsewhere in tropics & subtropics)

Reference(s)
  1. Brako, L. & J. L. Zarucchi. 1993. Catalogue of the flowering plants and gymnosperms of Peru. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 45
  2. Stevens, W. D. et al., eds. 2001. Flora de Nicaragua. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 85(1-3).
  3. Zuloaga, F. O. & O. Morrone, eds. 1996, 1999. Catálogo de las plantas vasculares de la República Argentina. I. Pteridophyta, Gymnospermae y Angiospermae (Monocotyledonae), II. Dicotyledonae. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 60, 74.
Economic Uses
UsageTypeNoteReference
Environmentalornamental Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening
Environmentalornamental Austin, D. F. 1977. Ipomoea carnea Jacq. vs. Ipomoea fistulosa Mart. ex Choisy. Taxon 26:235-238.
Vertebrate poisonsmammalsas Ipomoea fistulosaKingsbury, J. M. 1964. Poisonous plants of the United States and Canada.
Weed  Frey, R. 1995. Ipomoea carnea ssp. fistulosa (Martius ex Choisy) Austin: taxonomy, biology and ecology reviewed and inquired. Trop. Ecol. 36:21-48.
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2026. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://npgstest.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=311551. Accessed 10 May 2026.