Ipomoea aquatica var. aquatica

Ipomoea aquatica var. aquatica

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Solanales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Cladus: Asterids Cladus: Lamiids Ordo: Solanales

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

Name

Ipomoea aquatica Forssk. var. aquatica autonym

Synonyms

• Heterotypic
  • Ipomoea reptans Anon. in ?, non Poir. (1814)
  • Convolvulus repens Vahl, Symb. Bot. 1: 17 (1790), nom. illeg.
  • Convolvulus adansonii Desr. in J.B.A.M.de Lamarck, Encycl. 3: 560 (1792).
  • Ipomoea repens Roth, Nov. Pl. Sp.: 110 (1821), nom. illeg.
  • Ipomoea clappertonii R.Br., Narr. Travels Africa: 240 (1826).
  • Convolvulus clappertonii Spreng., Syst. Veg. 4(2): 62 (1827).
  • Convolvulus rostratus Zipp. ex Span., Linnaea 15: 339 (1841), pro syn.
  • Ipomoea subdentata Miq., Fl. Ned. Ind. 2: 614 (1857).
  • Ipomoea glenieii Thwaites ex C.B.Clarke in J.D.Hooker, Fl. Brit. India 4: 208 (1883).
  • Ipomoea sagittiformis Cordem., Fl. Réunion: 474 (1895).
  • Convolvulus argyi H.Lév., Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 12: 99 (1913).
  • Ipomoea natans Dinter & Suess., Mitt. Bot. Staatssamml. München 4: 112 (1952).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Africa Comores (Mayotte), South Africa (KwaZulu-Natal), Namibia, Botswana, Sudan, South Sudan, Burkina Faso, Ivory Coast, Mali, Mauritania, Senegal, Gambia, Sierra Leone, Ghana, Nigeria, Djibouti, Guinea-Bissau, Guinea, Bioko Isl. (Fernando Poo), Cameroon, Chad, Gabon, Ethiopia, Eritrea, Central African Republic, Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, Zanzibar, Pemba Isl., Caprivi Strip, Benin, Togo, Congo (Brazzaville), Zambia, Zimbabwe, Malawi, Mozambique, Angola, Mauritius, La Runion, Madagascar Continental: Asie Yemen (W-Yemen: Tihama), C-China to S-China, Taiwan, Bangladesh, Cambodia, India, Java, Indonesia, Myanmar [Burma] (widespread), New Guinea, Pakistan (Sind, Karachi, Baluchistan, Pakistani Punjab), Bangladesh, Philippines (throughout), Sri Lanka, Thailand, Laos, Vietnam, Fiji, New Caledonia (I), peninsular Malaysia (throughout), Sumatra, Sulawesi, Borneo, Lesser Sunda Isl., Moluccas, Andamans (North Andamans, Middle Andamans, South Andamans, Little Andaman Isl.), Nicobars (Car Nicobar Isl., North Nicobars, Central Nicobars, Great Nicobar Isl., Little Nicobar Isl.), Christmas Isl. Continental: Australasia Regional: Australia Australia (Western Australia, Northern Territory, Queensland) References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Forsskål, P. (†). 1775. Flora Aegyptiaco-Arabica. Sive descriptiones plantarum, quas per Aegyptum inferiorem et Arabiam felicem detexit, illustravit Petrus Forskål. Post mortem auctoris edidit Carsten Niebuhr. Ex officina Mölleri, Hauniae [Copenhagen]. DOI: 10.5962/bhl.title.41 BHL Reference page. : 44.

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2019. Ipomoea aquatica var. aquatica in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2019 November 09. Reference page. 

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
Tagalog: Kangkong
中文: 蕹菜