Taxon: Ipomoea trifida (Kunth) G. Don

Summary

Genus:

Ipomoea

Subgenus:

Eriospermum

Section:

Eriospermum

Series:

Batatas

Family:

Convolvulaceae

Tribe:

Ipomoeeae

Nomen number:

311677

Place of publication:

Gen. hist. 4:280. 1837

Protologue link:

https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/347007

Comment:

Don included Convolvulus hepaticifolius in synonymy

Verified:

04/16/2018 ARS Systematic Botanists.

Accessions:

54 (46 active, 33 available) in National Plant Germplasm System. (Map it)

Other conspecific taxa

Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations

Basionym
Convolvulus trifidus Kunth

Autonym(s)
Ipomoea trifida (Kunth) G. Don var. trifida

Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Convolvulus hepaticifolius Roem. & Schult.
Ipomoea ramonii Choisy

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Conservation Status

Reference(s)

Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & M. T. Strong. Flora of the West Indies (on-line resource).
Austin, D. F. & Z. Huáman. 1996. A synopsis of Ipomoea (Convolvulaceae) in the Americas. Taxon 45:12.
Austin, D. F. 1978. The Ipomoea batatas complex - I. Taxonomy. Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 105:126.
Backer, C. A. & R. C. Bakhuizen van den Brink, Jr. 1963-1968. Flora of Java.
Correll, D. S. & M. C. Johnston. 1970. Manual of the vascular plants of Texas
Diaz, J. et al. 1996. Polygon of crossability between eleven species of Ipomoea: section Batatas (Convolvulaceae). Euphytica 88:189-200. Note: Netherlands journal of plant breeding
Freyer, R. et al. 1991. Use of Ipomoea trifida (H.B.K.) G. Don germplasm for sweet-potato improvement. 2. Fertility of synthetic hexaploids and triploids with 2n gametes of I. trifida, and their interspecific crossability with sweet potato. Genome 34:209-214.
Gao, M. et al. 2011. Wx intron variations support an allohexaploid origin of the sweetpotato [Ipomoea batatas (L.) Lam.]. Euphytica 177:111-133. Note: this study included two samples of Ipomoea trifida, one of which (PI 540715) is an USDA accession
Gómez-Pompa, A. & V. Sosa, eds. 1978-. Flora de Veracruz.
Harling, G. & B. Sparre, eds. 1973-. Flora of Ecuador.
Jørgensen, P. M. & S. León-Yánez, eds. 1999. Catalogue of the vascular plants of Ecuador. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 75
Kartesz, J. T. 1994. A synonymized checklist of the vascular flora of the United States, Canada, and Greenland.
Muñoz-Rodríguez, P. et al. 2022. Discovery and characterization of sweetpotato's closest tetraploid relative. New Phytol. DOI: 10.1111/nph.17991.
Nimmakayala, P. et al. 2011. Chapter 7. Ipomoea. In: Kole, C., ed., Wild crop relatives: genomic and breeding resources, industrial crops 7:123-132.
Orjeda, G. et al. 1990. Production of 2nd pollen in diploid Ipomoea trifida, a putative wild ancestor of sweet potato. J. Heredity 81:462-467.
Orjeda, G. et al. 1991. Use of Ipomoea trifida germplasm for sweet potato improvement. 3. Development of 4x interspecific hybrids between Ipomoea batatas (L.) Lam. (2n=6x=90) and I.trifida (H.B.K.) G. Don (2n=2x=30) as storage-root initiators. Theor. Appl. Genet. 83:159-163.
Porcher, M. H. et al. Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) (on-line resource).
Roullier, C. et al. 2013. Disentangling the origins of cultivated sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas (L.) Lam.). PLoS One 8(5):e62707. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0062707.
Rzedowski, J. & G. Rzedowski, eds. 1991-. Flora del Bajio y de regiones adyacentes.
Sakamoto, S. 1976. Breeding of a new sweet potato variety, Minamiyutaka, by the use of wild relatives. Jap. Agric. Res. Quart. 10:183-186. Note: hexaploid Ipomoea trifida from Mexico was used as parental material
Shiotani, I. & T. Kawasi. 1989. Genomic structure of the sweet potato and hexaploids in Ipomoea trifida (H. B. K.) Don. Jap. J. Breed. 39:57-66.
Shiotani, I. et al. 1990. Numerical taxonomy analysis and crossability of diploid Ipomoea species related to sweet potato. Jap. J. Breed. 40:159-174.
Spellman, D. L. et al. 1975, 1981. A list of the monocotyledoneae/dicotyledonae of Belize. Rhodora v. 77 & 83.
Srisuwan, S. et al. 2006. The origin and evolution of sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas Lam.) and its wild relatives through the cytogenetic approaches. Pl. Sci. (Elsevier) 171:424-433.
Standley, P. C. & J. A. Steyermark. 1946-1976. Flora of Guatemala.
Standley, P. C. 1937-1939. Flora of Costa Rica.
Steenis, C. G. G. J. van, ed. 1948-. Flora malesiana.
Stevens, W. D. et al., eds. 2001. Flora de Nicaragua. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 85(1-3).
Vásquez Martínez, R. et al. 2002. Adiciones a la Flora Peruana: especies nuevas, nuevos registros y estados taxonómicos de las Angiospermas para el Perú. Arnaldoa 9(2):68.

Common names

Distribution

order_code	Status	Continent	Subcontinent	Country	State	Note	Reference
1	Native	Northern America	Northern Mexico	Mexico	San Luis Potosí		Harling, G. & B. Sparre, eds. 1973-. Flora of Ecuador.
1	Native	Northern America	Northern Mexico	Mexico	Sinaloa		Gómez-Pompa, A. & V. Sosa, eds. 1978-. Flora de Veracruz.
1	Native	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	Chiapas		Harling, G. & B. Sparre, eds. 1973-. Flora of Ecuador.
1	Native	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	Colima		Harling, G. & B. Sparre, eds. 1973-. Flora of Ecuador.
1	Native	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	Guerrero		Harling, G. & B. Sparre, eds. 1973-. Flora of Ecuador.
1	Native	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	Jalisco		Harling, G. & B. Sparre, eds. 1973-. Flora of Ecuador.
1	Native	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	México		Harling, G. & B. Sparre, eds. 1973-. Flora of Ecuador.
1	Native	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	Michoacán de Ocampo		Harling, G. & B. Sparre, eds. 1973-. Flora of Ecuador.
1	Native	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	Morelos		Harling, G. & B. Sparre, eds. 1973-. Flora of Ecuador.
1	Native	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	Nayarit		Harling, G. & B. Sparre, eds. 1973-. Flora of Ecuador.
1	Native	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	Oaxaca		Harling, G. & B. Sparre, eds. 1973-. Flora of Ecuador.
1	Native	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	Puebla		Harling, G. & B. Sparre, eds. 1973-. Flora of Ecuador.
1	Native	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	Querétaro		Rzedowski, J. & G. Rzedowski, eds. 1991-. Flora del Bajio y de regiones adyacentes.
1	Native	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	Tabasco		Harling, G. & B. Sparre, eds. 1973-. Flora of Ecuador.
1	Native	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave		Harling, G. & B. Sparre, eds. 1973-. Flora of Ecuador.
1	Native	Southern America	Caribbean	Cuba			León (J. S. Sauget) & Alain (E. E. Liogier). 1946-1969. Flora de Cuba
1	Native	Southern America	Central America	Belize			Spellman, D. L. et al. 1975, 1981. A list of the monocotyledoneae/dicotyledonae of Belize. Rhodora v. 77 & 83.
1	Native	Southern America	Central America	Costa Rica			Standley, P. C. 1937-1939. Flora of Costa Rica.
1	Native	Southern America	Central America	El Salvador			Standley, P. C. & J. A. Steyermark. 1946-1976. Flora of Guatemala.
1	Native	Southern America	Central America	Guatemala			Standley, P. C. & J. A. Steyermark. 1946-1976. Flora of Guatemala.
1	Native	Southern America	Central America	Honduras			Standley, P. C. & J. A. Steyermark. 1946-1976. Flora of Guatemala.
1	Native	Southern America	Central America	Nicaragua			Stevens, W. D. et al., eds. 2001. Flora de Nicaragua. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 85(1-3).
1	Native	Southern America	Central America	Panama			Austin, D. F. & Z. Huáman. 1996. A synopsis of Ipomoea (Convolvulaceae) in the Americas. Taxon 45:12.
1	Native	Southern America	Northern South America	Venezuela			Harling, G. & B. Sparre, eds. 1973-. Flora of Ecuador.
1	Native	Southern America	Western South America	Bolivia			Austin, D. F. 1978. The Ipomoea batatas complex - I. Taxonomy. Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 105:126.
1	Native	Southern America	Western South America	Colombia		n.	Austin, D. F. & Z. Huáman. 1996. A synopsis of Ipomoea (Convolvulaceae) in the Americas. Taxon 45:12.
1	Native	Southern America	Western South America	Ecuador	Guayas		Jørgensen, P. M. & S. León-Yánez, eds. 1999. Catalogue of the vascular plants of Ecuador. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 75

Native
Northern America

NORTHERN MEXICO: Mexico [San Luis Potosí, Sinaloa]
SOUTHERN MEXICO: Mexico [Chiapas, Colima, Guerrero, Jalisco, México, Michoacán de Ocampo, Morelos, Nayarit, Oaxaca, Puebla, Querétaro, Tabasco, Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave]

Southern America

CARIBBEAN: Cuba
CENTRAL AMERICA: Belize, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama, El Salvador
NORTHERN SOUTH AMERICA: Venezuela
WESTERN SOUTH AMERICA: Bolivia, Colombia (n.), Ecuador [Guayas]

Reference(s)

Austin, D. F. & Z. Huáman. 1996. A synopsis of Ipomoea (Convolvulaceae) in the Americas. Taxon 45:12.
Austin, D. F. 1978. The Ipomoea batatas complex - I. Taxonomy. Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 105:126.
Gómez-Pompa, A. & V. Sosa, eds. 1978-. Flora de Veracruz.
Harling, G. & B. Sparre, eds. 1973-. Flora of Ecuador.
Jørgensen, P. M. & S. León-Yánez, eds. 1999. Catalogue of the vascular plants of Ecuador. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 75
León (J. S. Sauget) & Alain (E. E. Liogier). 1946-1969. Flora de Cuba
Rzedowski, J. & G. Rzedowski, eds. 1991-. Flora del Bajio y de regiones adyacentes.
Spellman, D. L. et al. 1975, 1981. A list of the monocotyledoneae/dicotyledonae of Belize. Rhodora v. 77 & 83.
Standley, P. C. & J. A. Steyermark. 1946-1976. Flora of Guatemala.
Standley, P. C. 1937-1939. Flora of Costa Rica.
Stevens, W. D. et al., eds. 2001. Flora de Nicaragua. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 85(1-3).

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=311677. Accessed 12 May 2026.