Overview

Distribution

Distribution

Gulf of Mexico
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Ipomoea imperati (Vahl) Griseb.:
Belize (Mesoamerica)
Bolivia (South America)
Brazil (South America)
Colombia (South America)
Costa Rica (Mesoamerica)
Ecuador (South America)
French Guiana (South America)
Guatemala (Mesoamerica)
Guyana (South America)
Honduras (Mesoamerica)
Italy (Europe)
Japan (Asia)
Mexico (Mesoamerica)
Nicaragua (Mesoamerica)
Panama (Mesoamerica)
Philippines (Asia)
Sri Lanka (Asia)
Suriname (South America)
Thailand (Asia)
United States (North America)
Venezuela (South America)
Vietnam (Asia)
Caribbean (Caribbean)
China (Asia)
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Ipomoea stolonifera (Cirillo) J.F. Gmel.:
Belize (Mesoamerica)
Ecuador (South America)
Guatemala (Mesoamerica)
Honduras (Mesoamerica)
Mexico (Mesoamerica)
Panama (Mesoamerica)
United States (North America)
Caribbean (Caribbean)
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National Distribution

United States

Origin: Unknown/Undetermined

Regularity: Regularly occurring

Currently: Unknown/Undetermined

Confidence: Confident

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Global Range: FL (Franklin county), HI and Pantropical.

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Physical Description

Morphology

Comments

La Valva and Sabato (Taxon 32: 110-114. 1983) have established that Ipomoea stolonifera (Cirillo) J. F. Gmelin, the name by which this species has long been known, is illegitimate, because it is based on the same type as the earlier Convolvulus sinuatus Petagna. Unfortunately, the latter epithet cannot by taken up in Ipomoea because of the later I. sinuata Ortega.
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Description

Herbs perennial, glabrous. Stems trailing, to 5 m, rooting at nodes. Petiole 0.5-4.5 cm; leaf blade variable, often linear, lanceolate, oblong, or ovate on same plant, 1.5-3 X 0.8-2 cm, rather fleshy, base truncate or shallowly cordate, margin entire, undulate, or 3-5-lobed; middle lobe ovate to oblong, lateral lobes smaller, apex obtuse or emarginate to 2-lobed. Flowers usually solitary, occasionally 2 or 3 together; peduncle ca. 2 cm; bracts deltate, ca. 2 mm. Pedicel 0.7-1.5 cm, stout. Sepals oblong, unequal, ± leathery, glabrous, apex obtuse or acute, mucronulate; outer 2 sepals 7-11 mm; inner ones to 1.5 cm. Corolla white, with a pale yellow tube and a dark red center, funnelform, 3.5-4 cm, glabrous. Stamens included. Pistil included; ovary glabrous. Stigma 2-lobed. Capsule ± globose, ca. 1 cm, smooth, glabrous. Seeds ca. 8 mm, tomentose, margin with longer hairs. 2n = 30.
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Diagnostic Description

Synonym

Convolvulus imperati Vahl, Symb. Bot. 1: 17. 1790; Batatas acetosifolia (Vahl) Choisy; B. littoralis (Linnaeus) Choisy; Convolvulus acetosifolius Vahl; C. littoralis Linnaeus; C. sinuatus Petagna; C. stoloniferus Cirillo; Ipomoea acetosifolia (Vahl) Roemer & Schultes; I. carnosa R. Brown; I. littoralis (Linnaeus) Boissier; I. stolonifera (Cirillo) J. F. Gmelin.
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Ecology

Habitat

Depth range based on 8 specimens in 1 taxon.

Environmental ranges
  Depth range (m): 0.5 - 0.5
 
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Comments: Beaches and sand dunes.

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Habitat & Distribution

Coastal sandy beaches, dunes, grasslands; 0-100 m. Fujian, Guangdong, S Guangxi, Hainan, Taiwan [Indonesia, Japan (Ogasawara and Ryukyu Islands), Malaysia, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Vietnam; Africa, Australia, Europe, North America, Pacific Islands; a pantropical and warm temperate littoral species]
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Molecular Biology and Genetics

Molecular Biology

Statistics of barcoding coverage: Ipomoea imperati

Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLDS) Stats
Public Records: 2
Species: 2
Species With Barcodes: 1

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Conservation

Conservation Status

National NatureServe Conservation Status

United States

Rounded National Status Rank: NNR - Unranked

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NatureServe Conservation Status

Rounded Global Status Rank: G5 - Secure

Reasons: Pantropical distribution.

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