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morning-glories
Ipomoea
Ipomoea (/ˌɪpəˈmiːə, -poʊ-/) is the largest genus in the flowering plant family Convolvulaceae, with over 500 species. It is a large and diverse group with common names including morning glory, water convolvulus or kangkung, sweet potato, bindweed, moonflower, etc.
60 branches of this genus, most-observed first
common morning-glory
speciesIpomoea purpurea
oceanblue morning glory
speciesIpomoea indica
Tievine
speciesIpomoea cordatotriloba
Beach Morning Glory
speciesIpomoea pes-caprae
Mile-a-minute vine
speciesIpomoea cairica
wild potato vine
speciesIpomoea pandurata
sweet potato
speciesIpomoea batatas
ivy-leaved morning-glory
speciesIpomoea hederacea
Littlebell
speciesIpomoea triloba
White Morning-glory
speciesIpomoea lacunosa
Obscure Morning Glory
speciesIpomoea obscura
Cypress Vine
speciesIpomoea quamoclit
Bush Morning Glory
speciesIpomoea carnea
beach morning-glory
speciesIpomoea imperati
Moonflower
speciesIpomoea alba
scarlet creeper
speciesIpomoea hederifolia
Japanese morning glory
speciesIpomoea nil
Arborescentes
subsectionArborescentes
Saltmarsh Morning-glory
speciesIpomoea sagittata
Water Morning Glory
speciesIpomoea aquatica
red morning glory
speciesIpomoea coccinea
Garden Morning Glory
speciesIpomoea tricolor
trans-Pecos morning-glory
speciesIpomoea cristulata
tripleleaf morning-glory
speciesIpomoea ternifolia
Ipomoea bracteata
speciesIpomoea bracteata
American morning glory
speciesIpomoea orizabensis
threefork morning glory
speciesIpomoea trifida
Lindheimer's Morning Glory
speciesIpomoea lindheimeri
Bush Morning-glory
speciesIpomoea leptophylla
Ginger-leaf Morning-glory
speciesIpomoea asarifolia
Ipomoea stans
speciesIpomoea stans
Redcenter Morning-glory
speciesIpomoea amnicola
Tiger's Footprint
speciesIpomoea pes-tigridis
beach moonflower
speciesIpomoea violacea
Leafy Morning Glory
speciesIpomoea crassipes
Bejuco de puerco
speciesIpomoea tiliacea
Arrow-leafed Morning Glory
speciesIpomoea sagittifolia
Ipomoea pedicellaris
speciesIpomoea pedicellaris
bell vine
speciesIpomoea plebeia
Purple Morning-Glory
speciesIpomoea capillacea
Two-flowered Aniseia
speciesIpomoea biflora
Yellow-Throated Morning Glory
speciesIpomoea parasitica
crestrib morning-glory
speciesIpomoea costellata
Ox Morning Glory
speciesIpomoea ommanneyi
Ipomoea setifera
speciesIpomoea setifera
Fig-leaved morning glory
speciesIpomoea ficifolia
Smallpink Morning Glory
speciesIpomoea magnusiana
Christmas vine
speciesIpomoea corymbosa
railwaycreeper
speciesIpomoea dumetorum
Huachuca Mountain morning glory
speciesIpomoea plummerae
Forest Morning Glory
speciesIpomoea mauritiana
Boqo Morning Glory
speciesIpomoea oblongata
Narrowleaf Morning Glory
speciesIpomoea bolusiana
Deep Morning Glory
speciesIpomoea bathycolpos
Ipomoea crinicalyx
speciesIpomoea crinicalyx
Ipomoea grandifolia
speciesIpomoea grandifolia
Firecracker Vine
speciesIpomoea lobata
Silky Morning Glory
speciesIpomoea pubescens
Wright's Morning-glory
speciesIpomoea heptaphylla
pink-throated morning glory
speciesIpomoea longifolia
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 52346.