Taxon:  Ipomoea sinensis (Desr.) Choisy subsp. blepharosepala (Hochst. ex A. Rich.) Verdc. ex A. Meeuse



Summary
Genus:
Ipomoea
Subgenus:
Quamoclit
Section:
Orthipomoea
Series:
Orthipomoea
Family:
Convolvulaceae
Tribe:
Ipomoeeae
Nomen number:
311591
Place of publication:
Bothalia 6:729.  1958
Verified:
04/15/1987 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
0 (0  active, 0  available) in National Plant Germplasm System. 
Other conspecific taxa
Ipomoea sinensis (Desr.) Choisy (0 active accession[s])
Ipomoea sinensis (Desr.) Choisy subsp. sinensis (0 active accession[s])
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Basionym
Ipomoea blepharosepala Hochst. ex A. Rich.

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Conservation Status

Reference(s)
  1. Lejoly, J. & S. Lisowski. 1992. Les genres Merremia et Ipomoea (Convolvulaceae) dans la flore d'Afrique Centrale (Zaire, Rwanda, Burundi). Fragm. Florist. Geobot. 37:77.
  2. Meeuse, A. D. J. 1958. The South African Convolvulaceae. Bothalia 6:729.
  3. Schijff, H. P. van der. 1969. A check-list of the vascular plants of the Kruger national park.
  4. Turrill, W. B. et al., eds. 1952-. Flora of tropical East Africa.
Common names
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNoteReference
1NativeAfricaEast Tropical AfricaKenya  Turrill, W. B. et al., eds. 1952-. Flora of tropical East Africa.
1NativeAfricaEast Tropical AfricaTanzania  Turrill, W. B. et al., eds. 1952-. Flora of tropical East Africa.
1NativeAfricaEast Tropical AfricaUganda  Turrill, W. B. et al., eds. 1952-. Flora of tropical East Africa.
1NativeAfricaNortheast Tropical AfricaEthiopia   
1NativeAfricaNortheast Tropical AfricaSomalia   
1NativeAfricaSouth Tropical AfricaAngola   
1NativeAfricaSouth Tropical AfricaMalawi   
1NativeAfricaSouth Tropical AfricaMozambique   
1NativeAfricaSouth Tropical AfricaZambia   
1NativeAfricaSouth Tropical AfricaZimbabwe   
1NativeAfricaSouthern AfricaNamibia   
1NativeAfricaSouthern AfricaSouth AfricaKwaZulu-Natal  
1NativeAfricaSouthern AfricaSouth AfricaTransvaal  
1NativeAfricaWest Tropical AfricaNiger   
1NativeAfricaWest-Central Tropical AfricaBurundi   
1NativeAfricaWest-Central Tropical AfricaDemocratic Republic of the Congo   
1NativeAfricaWest-Central Tropical AfricaRwanda   
1NativeAsia-TemperateArabian PeninsulaYemen   
Native
Africa
  • NORTHEAST TROPICAL AFRICA: Ethiopia, Somalia
  • EAST TROPICAL AFRICA: Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda
  • WEST-CENTRAL TROPICAL AFRICA: Burundi, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Rwanda
  • WEST TROPICAL AFRICA: Niger
  • SOUTH TROPICAL AFRICA: Angola, Mozambique, Malawi, Zambia, Zimbabwe
  • SOUTHERN AFRICA: Namibia, South Africa [KwaZulu-Natal, Transvaal]
Asia-Temperate
  • ARABIAN PENINSULA: Yemen

Reference(s)
  1. Turrill, W. B. et al., eds. 1952-. Flora of tropical East Africa.
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=311591. Accessed 11 May 2026.