Genus Ipomoea L.


Summary
Genus number:
6064
Last updated:
1 August 2025
Family:
Convolvulaceae
Tribe:
Ipomoeeae
Common name(s):

morning-glory
Accession count:

2479 (1143  active, 289  available) in National Plant Germplasm System
Comments:
conserved (nom. cons.) with a conserved type (Madrid ICN Art. 14.9 & App. III)


Synonyms
Synonym(s)


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References:
  1. Austin, D. F. & Z. Huáman. 1996. A synopsis of Ipomoea (Convolvulaceae) in the Americas. Taxon 45:3-38.
  2. Eserman, L. A. et al. 2014. Phylogenetics and diversification of morning glories (tribe Ipomoeeae, Convolvulaceae) based on whole plastome sequences. Amer. J. Bot. 101:92-103.
  3. Eserman, L. A. et al. 2020. (2786) Proposal to change the conserved type of Ipomoea, nom. cons. (Convolvulaceae). Taxon 69:1369-1371. DOI: 10.1002/tax.12400.
  4. Manos, P. S. et al. 2001. Phylogenetic analysis of Ipomoea, Argyreia, Stictocardia, and Turbina suggests a generalized model of morphological evolution in morning glories. Syst. Bot. 26:585-602. www.aspt.net/systematic-botany
  5. Miller, R. E. & M. D. Rausher. 1999. Phylogenetic systematics of Ipomoea (Convolvulaceae) based on ITS and waxy sequences. Syst. Bot. 24:209-227. Note: provides subgeneric classification
  6. Miller, R. E. et al. 2004. Systematics of Ipomoea subgenus Quamoclit (Convolvulaceae) based on its sequence data and a Bayesian phylogenetic analysis. Amer. J. Bot. 91:1208-1218.
  7. Muñoz-Rodríguez, P. et al. 2019. A taxonomic monograph of Ipomoea integrated across phylogenetic scales. Nature Pl. 5:1136-1154.
  8. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture Note: food crop, sweetpotato genepool
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/taxonomygenus?id=6064. Accessed 10 May 2026.