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Taxon:  Ipomoea purpurea (L.) Roth



Summary
Genus:
Ipomoea
Subgenus:
Ipomoea
Section:
Pharbitis
Series:
Pharbitis
Family:
Convolvulaceae
Tribe:
Ipomoeeae
Nomen number:
20214
Place of publication:
Bot. Abh. Beobacht. 27. 1787
Verified:
03/09/1995 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
0 (0  active, 0  available) in National Plant Germplasm System. 
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Basionym
Convolvulus purpureus L.

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

Homotypic Synonym(s)
Pharbitis purpurea (L.) Voigt

Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Ipomoea diversifolia Lindl.
Ipomoea hirsutula J. Jacq.
Ipomoea mexicana A. Gray
Ipomoea purpurea (L.) Roth var. diversifolia (Lindl.) OʼDonell
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Common names
English
common morning-glory –
tall morning-glory –
Afrikaans
purperwinde –
German
Purpur-Prunkwinde –
Swedish
purpurvinda –
Transcribed Chinese
yuan ye qian niu –
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNote
2Cultivated    also cult.
4Naturalized    widely natzd. in tropics
6Other    origin neotropics
Cultivated (also cult.)
Naturalized (widely natzd. in tropics)
Other (origin neotropics)
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.
Vertebrate poisonsmammals Cooper, M. R. & A. W. Johnson. 1998. Poisonous plants and fungi in Britain: animal and human poisoning
Weedpotential seed contaminant Seed Regulatory and Testing Division, Agricultural Marketing Service, U.S.D.A. State noxious-weed seed requirements recognized in the administration of the Federal Seed Act (updated annually).
Weedpotential seed contaminant Henderson, L. 2001. Alien weeds and invasive plants: a complete guide to declared weeds and invaders in South Africa. Plant Protection Research Institute, Handbook 12
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=20214. Accessed 29 April 2025.