Taxon:  Xenostegia tridentata (L.) D. F. Austin & Staples



Summary
Genus:
Xenostegia
Family:
Convolvulaceae
Nomen number:
402155
Place of publication:
Brittonia 32:533.  1981 ("1980")
Verified:
05/09/1995 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
3 (3  active, 1  available) in National Plant Germplasm System.  (Map it)
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Basionym
Convolvulus tridentatus L.

Homotypic Synonym(s)
Merremia tridentata (L.) Hallier f.

Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Ipomoea angustifolia Jacq.

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Conservation Status

Reference(s)
  1. Exell, A. W. et al., eds. 1960-. Flora zambesiaca. Note: = Merremia tridentata (L.) Hallier f.
  2. Integrated Botanical Information System (IBIS). Australian plant common name database (on-line resource).
  3. Simões, A. R. & G. Staples. 2017. Dissolution of Convolvulaceae tribe Merremieae and a new classification of the constituent genera. Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 183:578.
Common names
LanguageNameAlternate namenoteseqCitation
EnglishAfrican morningvine  1Integrated Botanical Information System (IBIS). Australian plant common name database (on-line resource).
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNoteReference
1NativeAfricaEast Tropical AfricaKenya   
1NativeAfricaEast Tropical AfricaTanzania   
1NativeAfricaEast Tropical AfricaUganda   
1NativeAfricaNortheast Tropical AfricaEthiopia   
1NativeAfricaSouth Tropical AfricaAngola   
1NativeAfricaSouth Tropical AfricaMalawi  Exell, A. W. et al., eds. 1960-. Flora zambesiaca. Note: = Merremia tridentata (L.) Hallier f.
1NativeAfricaSouth Tropical AfricaMozambique  Exell, A. W. et al., eds. 1960-. Flora zambesiaca. Note: = Merremia tridentata (L.) Hallier f.
1NativeAfricaSouth Tropical AfricaZambia  Exell, A. W. et al., eds. 1960-. Flora zambesiaca. Note: = Merremia tridentata (L.) Hallier f.
1NativeAfricaSouth Tropical AfricaZimbabwe  Exell, A. W. et al., eds. 1960-. Flora zambesiaca. Note: = Merremia tridentata (L.) Hallier f.
1NativeAfricaSouthern AfricaBotswana  Exell, A. W. et al., eds. 1960-. Flora zambesiaca. Note: = Merremia tridentata (L.) Hallier f.
1NativeAfricaSouthern AfricaEswatini   
1NativeAfricaSouthern AfricaNamibia   
1NativeAfricaSouthern AfricaSouth Africa   
1NativeAfricaWest Tropical AfricaCôte D'Ivoire   
1NativeAfricaWest Tropical AfricaGambia   
1NativeAfricaWest Tropical AfricaGhana   
1NativeAfricaWest Tropical AfricaGuinea   
1NativeAfricaWest Tropical AfricaLiberia   
1NativeAfricaWest Tropical AfricaMali   
1NativeAfricaWest Tropical AfricaNigeria   
1NativeAfricaWest Tropical AfricaSenegal   
1NativeAfricaWest Tropical AfricaSierra Leone   
1NativeAfricaWest Tropical AfricaTogo   
1NativeAfricaWest-Central Tropical AfricaCameroon   
1NativeAfricaWest-Central Tropical AfricaDemocratic Republic of the Congo   
1NativeAfricaWestern Indian OceanMadagascar   
1NativeAfricaWestern Indian OceanMauritius   
1NativeAfricaWestern Indian OceanReunion   
1NativeAfricaWestern Indian OceanSeychelles   
1NativeAsia-TemperateEastern AsiaTaiwan   
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentIndia   
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentSri Lanka   
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndo-ChinaIndochina   
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndo-ChinaMyanmar   
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndo-ChinaThailand   
1NativeAsia-TropicalMalesiaIndonesia   
1NativeAsia-TropicalMalesiaMalaysia   
1NativeAsia-TropicalMalesiaPhilippines   
1NativeAsia-TropicalPapuasiaPapua New Guinea   
1NativeAustralasiaAustraliaAustraliaNorthern Territoryn. 
1NativeAustralasiaAustraliaAustraliaQueenslandn. 
1NativeAustralasiaAustraliaAustraliaWestern Australian. 
1NativePacificNorthwestern PacificMicronesia   
Native
Africa
  • NORTHEAST TROPICAL AFRICA: Ethiopia
  • EAST TROPICAL AFRICA: Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda
  • WEST-CENTRAL TROPICAL AFRICA: Cameroon, Democratic Republic of the Congo
  • WEST TROPICAL AFRICA: Côte D'Ivoire, Ghana, Guinea, Gambia, Liberia, Mali, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Togo
  • SOUTH TROPICAL AFRICA: Angola, Mozambique, Malawi, Zambia, Zimbabwe
  • SOUTHERN AFRICA: Botswana, Namibia, Eswatini, South Africa
  • WESTERN INDIAN OCEAN: Madagascar, Mauritius, Reunion, Seychelles
Asia-Temperate
  • EASTERN ASIA: Taiwan
Asia-Tropical
  • INDIAN SUBCONTINENT: India, Sri Lanka
  • PAPUASIA: Papua New Guinea
  • INDO-CHINA: Indochina, Myanmar, Thailand
  • MALESIA: Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines
Australasia
  • AUSTRALIA: Australia [Queensland (n.), Western Australia (n.), Northern Territory (n.)]
Pacific
  • NORTHWESTERN PACIFIC: Micronesia

Reference(s)
  1. Exell, A. W. et al., eds. 1960-. Flora zambesiaca. Note: = Merremia tridentata (L.) Hallier f.
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=402155. Accessed 12 May 2026.