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Taxon:  Ipomoea nil (L.) Roth



Summary
Genus:
Ipomoea
Subgenus:
Ipomoea
Section:
Pharbitis
Series:
Heterophyllae
Family:
Convolvulaceae
Tribe:
Ipomoeeae
Nomen number:
20196
Place of publication:
Catal. bot. 1:36. 1797
Verified:
04/20/1987 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
1 (1  active, 0  available) in National Plant Germplasm System.  (Map it)
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Basionym
Convolvulus nil L.

Autonym(s)
Ipomoea nil (L.) Roth var. nil

Homotypic Synonym(s)
Pharbitis nil (L.) Choisy

Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Ipomoea nil (L.) Roth var. limbata (Lindl.) L. H. Bailey
Pharbitis limbata Lindl.
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Common names
English
blue morning-glory –
ivy morning-glory –
Japanese morning-glory –
white-edge morning-glory –
French
liseron bleu –
liseron hallier –
German
blaue Prunkwinde –
Portuguese (Brazil)
campainha –
corda-de-viola –
corriola –
Swedish
kejsarvinda –
Transcribed Chinese
qian niu –
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNote
1NativeNorthern AmericaNorthern MexicoMexicoBaja California Sur 
1NativeNorthern AmericaNorthern MexicoMexicoChihuahua 
1NativeNorthern AmericaNorthern MexicoMexicoNuevo León 
1NativeNorthern AmericaNorthern MexicoMexicoSan Luis Potosí 
1NativeNorthern AmericaNorthern MexicoMexicoSinaloa 
1NativeNorthern AmericaNorthern MexicoMexicoSonora 
1NativeNorthern AmericaNorthern MexicoMexicoTamaulipas 
1NativeNorthern AmericaSouthern MexicoMexicoColima 
1NativeNorthern AmericaSouthern MexicoMexicoGuanajuato 
1NativeNorthern AmericaSouthern MexicoMexicoGuerrero 
1NativeNorthern AmericaSouthern MexicoMexicoJalisco 
1NativeNorthern AmericaSouthern MexicoMexicoMéxico 
1NativeNorthern AmericaSouthern MexicoMexicoMichoacán de Ocampo 
1NativeNorthern AmericaSouthern MexicoMexicoNayarit 
1NativeNorthern AmericaSouthern MexicoMexicoOaxaca 
1NativeNorthern AmericaSouthern MexicoMexicoPuebla 
1NativeNorthern AmericaSouthern MexicoMexicoQuerétaro 
1NativeNorthern AmericaSouthern MexicoMexicoVeracruz de Ignacio de la Llave 
1NativeSouthern AmericaBrazilBrazil  
1NativeSouthern AmericaCaribbeanAntigua and Barbuda  
1NativeSouthern AmericaCaribbeanBahamas  
1NativeSouthern AmericaCaribbeanBarbados  
1NativeSouthern AmericaCaribbeanBermuda  
1NativeSouthern AmericaCaribbeanCuba  
1NativeSouthern AmericaCaribbeanDominica  
1NativeSouthern AmericaCaribbeanDominican Republic  
1NativeSouthern AmericaCaribbeanGuadeloupe  
1NativeSouthern AmericaCaribbeanHaiti  
1NativeSouthern AmericaCaribbeanMartinique  
1NativeSouthern AmericaCaribbeanMontserrat  
1NativeSouthern AmericaCaribbeanNetherlands AntillesSaba 
1NativeSouthern AmericaCaribbeanSt. Lucia  
1NativeSouthern AmericaCaribbeanSt. Vincent and Grenadines  
1NativeSouthern AmericaCentral AmericaBelize  
1NativeSouthern AmericaCentral AmericaCosta Rica  
1NativeSouthern AmericaCentral AmericaGuatemala  
1NativeSouthern AmericaCentral AmericaNicaragua  
1NativeSouthern AmericaCentral AmericaPanama  
1NativeSouthern AmericaNorthern South AmericaGuyana  
1NativeSouthern AmericaNorthern South AmericaSuriname  
1NativeSouthern AmericaNorthern South AmericaVenezuela  
1NativeSouthern AmericaSouthern South AmericaArgentina  
1NativeSouthern AmericaSouthern South AmericaParaguay  
1NativeSouthern AmericaSouthern South AmericaUruguay  
1NativeSouthern AmericaWestern South AmericaBolivia  
1NativeSouthern AmericaWestern South AmericaColombia  
1NativeSouthern AmericaWestern South AmericaEcuador  
2Cultivated    also cult.
4NaturalizedAsia-TemperateArabian PeninsulaOmanAl Batinah North 
4NaturalizedAsia-TemperateArabian PeninsulaYemen  
4NaturalizedAsia-TemperateChinaChina  
4NaturalizedAsia-TemperateEastern AsiaTaiwan  
4NaturalizedAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentIndia  
4NaturalizedAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentSri Lanka  
4NaturalizedAsia-TropicalIndo-ChinaCambodia  
4NaturalizedAsia-TropicalIndo-ChinaLaos  
4NaturalizedAsia-TropicalIndo-ChinaMyanmar  
4NaturalizedAsia-TropicalIndo-ChinaThailand  
4NaturalizedAsia-TropicalIndo-ChinaVietnam  
4NaturalizedAsia-TropicalMalesiaChristmas Island  
4NaturalizedAsia-TropicalMalesiaIndonesia  
4NaturalizedAsia-TropicalMalesiaMalaysia  
4NaturalizedAsia-TropicalMalesiaPhilippines  
4NaturalizedAsia-TropicalPapuasiaNew Guinea  
4NaturalizedAustralasiaAustraliaAustraliaNorthern Territory 
4NaturalizedAustralasiaAustraliaAustraliaQueensland 
4NaturalizedAustralasiaAustraliaAustraliaWestern Australia 
4NaturalizedPacificSouthwestern PacificNew Caledonia  
4NaturalizedSouthern AmericaWestern South AmericaEcuadorGalápagos 
Native
Northern America
  • NORTHERN MEXICO: Mexico [Baja California Sur, Chihuahua, Nuevo León, San Luis Potosí, Sinaloa, Sonora, Tamaulipas]
  • SOUTHERN MEXICO: Mexico [Colima, Guanajuato, Guerrero, Jalisco, México, Michoacán de Ocampo, Nayarit, Oaxaca, Puebla, Querétaro, Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave]
Southern America
  • CARIBBEAN: Netherlands Antilles [Saba], Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Bermuda, Barbados, Cuba, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Guadeloupe, Haiti, St. Lucia, Montserrat, Martinique, St. Vincent and Grenadines
  • CENTRAL AMERICA: Belize, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Nicaragua, Panama
  • NORTHERN SOUTH AMERICA: Guyana, Suriname, Venezuela
  • BRAZIL: Brazil
  • WESTERN SOUTH AMERICA: Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador
  • SOUTHERN SOUTH AMERICA: Argentina, Paraguay, Uruguay
Cultivated (also cult.)
Naturalized
Asia-Temperate
  • ARABIAN PENINSULA: Oman [Al Batinah North], Yemen
  • CHINA: China
  • EASTERN ASIA: Taiwan
Asia-Tropical
  • INDIAN SUBCONTINENT: India, Sri Lanka
  • PAPUASIA: New Guinea
  • INDO-CHINA: Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam
  • MALESIA: Christmas Island, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines
Australasia
  • AUSTRALIA: Australia [Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia]
Pacific
  • SOUTHWESTERN PACIFIC: New Caledonia
Southern America
  • WESTERN SOUTH AMERICA: Ecuador [Galápagos]
Economic Uses
UsageTypeNoteReference
Environmentalornamental Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. 1976. Hortus third.
Environmentalornamental Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening
Medicinesfolklore McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker. 2000. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2 American Herbal Products Association, Silver Spring, Maryland.
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2025. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://grip.mawarid.gov.om/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=20196. Accessed 29 April 2025.