Ipomoea mauritiana

Ipomoea mauritiana

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. Eriospermum
Series: I. ser. Eriospermum
Species: Ipomoea mauritiana

Name

Ipomoea mauritiana Jacq., Collectanea 4: 216 (1791).

Synonyms

• Heterotypic
  • Ipomoea digitata Anon. in ?, non L. (1759)
  • Convolvulus paniculatus L., Sp. Pl.: 156 (1753).
  • Ipomoea tuberosa Lour., Fl. Cochinch.: 138 (1790), sensu auct.
  • Ipomoea gossypiifolia Willd., Enum. Pl.: 208 (1809).
  • Ipomoea paniculata (L.) R.Br., Prodr. Fl. Nov. Holland.: 486 (1810), nom. illeg.
  • Ipomoea insignis Andrews, Bot. Repos. 10: t. 636 (1811).
  • Ipomoea ennealoba P.Beauv., Fl. Oware 2: 69 (1818).
  • Convolvulus roseus Kunth in F.W.H.von Humboldt, A.J.A.Bonpland & C.S.Kunth, Nov. Gen. Sp. 3: 108 (1819), nom. illeg.
  • Ipomoea eriosperma P.Beauv., Fl. Oware 2: 73 (1819).
  • Ipomoea pentaloba Roem. & Schult., Syst. Veg., ed. 15 bis 4: 828 (1819), nom. nud.
  • Ipomoea quinqueloba Roem. & Schult., Syst. Veg., ed. 15 bis 4: 789 (1819), nom. illeg.
  • Convolvulus insignis (Andrews) Spreng., Syst. Veg. 1: 592 (1824).
  • Ipomoea bignonioides Sims, Bot. Mag. 53: t. 2645 (1826).
  • Convolvulus bignonioides (Sims) Spreng., Syst. Veg. 4(2): 60 (1827).
  • Batatas paniculata (L.) Choisy, Mém. Soc. Phys. Genève 6: 436 (1833 publ. 1834)[Conv. Or.: 54]
  • Batatas bignonioides (Sims) G.Don, Gen. Hist. 4: 261 (1837).
  • Batatas loureiroi G.Don, Gen. Hist. 4: 262 (1837).
  • Ipomoea pedata G.Don, Gen. Hist. 4: 281 (1837).
  • Apopleumon bignonioides (Sims) Raf., Fl. Tellur. 4: 72 (1838), comb. not made.
  • Modesta insignis (Andrews) Raf., Fl. Tellur. 4: 76 (1838).
  • Modesta paniculata (L.) Raf., Fl. Tellur. 4: 75 (1838).
  • Batatas insignis (Andrews) G.Don in R.Sweet, Hort. Brit., ed. 3: 482 (1839).
  • Batatas edulis var. platanifolia Choisy in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 9: 339 (1845).
  • Ipomoea loureiroi J.Presl, Wsobecný Rostl. 2: 1093 (1846).
  • Ipomoea baalan Montrouz., Mém. Acad. Roy. Sci. Lyon, Sect. Sci. 10: 238 (1860).
  • Ipomoea insignis var. pubescens Regel, Index Seminum (LE, Petropolitanus) 1866(Suppl.): 32 (1867 publ. 1868).
  • Ipomoea digitata var. quinquefida Meisn. in C.F.P.von Martius & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Bras. 7: 278 (1869), nom. superfl.
  • Ipomoea camerunensis Taub., Gartenflora 40: 394 (1891).
  • Ipomoea paniculata var. eriosperma (P.Beauv.) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 445 (1891).
  • Ipomoea paniculata var. heterophylla Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 445 (1891).
  • Ipomoea supersticiosa Barb.Rodr., Vellosia, ed. 2: 61 (1891).
  • Ipomoea paniculata var. pauciflora E.Mey. ex Hallier f., Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 18: 149 (1893).
  • Ipomoea salaziana Cordem., Fl. Réunion: 474 (1895).
  • Ipomoea paniculata var. indivisa Hallier f., Bull. Herb. Boissier 5: 378 (1897).
  • Ipomoea digitata var. eriosperma (P.Beauv.) Rendle in D.Oliver & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Trop. Afr. 4(2): 190 (1905).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Southern America Bolivia (Beni, Pando, Santa Cruz), N-Brazil (Amapa, Para, Amazonas), NE-Brazil (Maranhao), WC-Brazil (Mato Grosso), Venezuela (Amazonas, Apure, Bolivar, Delta Amacuro), Colombia (Amazonas, Antioquia, Casanare), Costa Rica, Ecuador, Nicaragua, Panama, Peru, Belize, Honduras, Guyana, Surinam, French Guiana Continental: Africa Mauritius, La Runion, Madagascar, ?Rodrigues, Comores (Mayotte, etc.), Cape Verde Isl. (Santo Antao Isl., Sao Vicente Isl., Ilha de Sao Nicolau), South Africa (KwaZulu-Natal), Bioko Isl. (Fernando Poo), Annobon Isl., Sao Tome, Guinea-Bissau, Cameroon, Chad, Gabon, Congo (Brazzaville), Central African Republic, Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, Pemba Isl., Zambia, Zimbabwe, Malawi, Mozambique, Burkina Faso, Ivory Coast, Mali, Senegal, Sudan, South Sudan, Angola, Benin, Togo, Guinea, etc. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Jacquin, N.J.v., 1791. Collectanea; Missao de Biologia Maritima; Junta de Investigaçoes do Ultramar. Lisbon 4:216. 1791 ("1790"); Hort. schoenbr. 2:37-38, t. 200. 1797

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2019. Ipomoea mauritiana in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2019 November 14. Reference page. 
• Hassler, M. 2019. Ipomoea mauritiana. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2019. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2019 November 14. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2019. Ipomoea mauritiana. Published online. Accessed: November 14 2019.
• Tropicos.org 2019. Ipomoea mauritiana. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 14 November 2019.
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Ipomoea mauritiana in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 07-Oct-06.}}

Vernacular names

English: giant potato
español: Batata zambomba
中文: 七爪龙

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