Ipomoea aquatica

Ipomoea aquatica

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Solanales
Classification System: APG III (down to family level) Main Page Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Cladus: Asterids Cladus: Euasterids I Ordo: Solanales

Familia: Convolvulaceae
Subfamilia: Convolvuloideae
Tribus: Ipomoeeae
Genus: Ipomoea
Subgenus: I. subg. Eriospermum
Sectio: I. sect. Erpipomoea
Species: Ipomoea aquatica

Name

Ipomoea aquatica Forssk., 1775.

Synonyms

Heterotypic

• Convolvulus repens Vahl, Symb. Bot. (Vahl) 1. 17. 1790, nom. illeg., non L. (1753).
• Ipomoea repens Roth, Nov. Pl. Sp. 110. 1821, nom. illeg. non Lam. (1791).
• Ipomoea reptans Poiret, Encycl. (Lamarck) Suppl. 3. 460. 1814.
• Ipomoea sagittifolia Burm. f., Fl. Indica (N.L.Burman) 50, t. 18, f. 2. 1768.
• Ipomoea subdentata Miq., Fl. Ned. Ind. 2: 614. 1857.

Notes

• Ipomoea sagittifolia (Michx.) Ker-Gawl (1820) = Ipomoea sagittata Poir.
• Ipomoea sagittifolia Hook. & Arn. (1833) = Ipomoea hederifolia L.

References

• Austin, D.F. 1997. Nomenclator Ipomoeeae

• Forsskål, P. 1775. Flora Aegyptiaco-Arabica. Sive Descriptiones Plantarum, Quas per Aegyptum Inferiorem et Arabium Felicem Detexit, Illustravit Petrus Forskal. Prof. Haun. Post Mortem Auctoris editit Carsten Niebuhr. Accedit Tabula Arabiae Felicis Geographico-Botanica. Kjob 44.

• The International Plant Names Index 2010. Published on the Internet. 2010 Feb 01 [1].

Vernacular names

ދިވެހިބަސް: ކަންކުނ
English: water spinach
日本語: ヨウサイ（空芯菜：くうしんさい）
svenska: Sallatsipomea
中文: 蕹菜

tagalog (philippines) = Kangkong

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