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Taxon:  Ipomoea violacea L.



Summary
Genus:
Ipomoea
Subgenus:
Eriospermum
Section:
Erpipomoea
Family:
Convolvulaceae
Tribe:
Ipomoeeae
Nomen number:
20238
Place of publication:
Sp. pl. 1:161. 1753
Comment:
non Ipomoea violacea auct. (= I. tricolor Cav.)
Verified:
08/28/1996 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
Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Convolvulus tuba Schltdl.
Ipomoea macrantha Roem. & Schult.
Ipomoea tuba (Schltdl.) G. Don
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Reference(s)
  1. Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & M. T. Strong. Flora of the West Indies (on-line resource).
  2. Austin, D. F. & Z. Huáman. 1996. A synopsis of Ipomoea (Convolvulaceae) in the Americas. Taxon 45:12.
  3. Correll, D. S. & H. B. Correll. 1982. Flora of the Bahama archipelago.
  4. Davidse, G. et al., eds. 1994. Flora mesoamericana.
  5. Duke, J. A. et al. 2002. CRC Handbook of medicinal herbs
  6. Exell, A. W. et al., eds. 1960-. Flora zambesiaca.
  7. Godfrey, R. K. & J. W. Wooten. 1979-1981. Aquatic and wetland plants of southeastern United States, 2 vol.
  8. Howard, R. 1974-1989. Flora of the lesser Antilles.
  9. Institute of Pacific Islands Forestry. Pacific Island Ecosystems at Risk (PIER): plant threats to Pacific ecosystems (on-line resource).
  10. Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. 1976. Hortus third. Note: "disputed application" used for Ipomoea tricolor & I. tuba
  11. Manitz, H. 1977. Was ist Ipomoea violacea L.? Feddes Repert. 88:265.
  12. Porcher, M. H. et al. Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) (on-line resource).
  13. Powell et al. 1978. Convolvulus grandifolius Jacq. (Convolvulaceae) re-examined. Brittonia 30:199-202.
  14. Smitinand, T. & K. Larsen, eds. 1970-. Flora of Thailand.
  15. Steenis, C. G. G. J. van, ed. 1948-. Flora malesiana. Note: tentative synonym of Ipomoea tricolor
  16. The Missouri Botanical Garden with others. A Catalogue of the vascular plants of Madagascar (on-line resource).
  17. Wagner, W. L. et al. Flora of the Hawaiian Islands (on-line resource).
  18. Wiggins, I. L. 1980. Flora of Baja California.
  19. Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994-. Flora of China (English edition).
  20. Wunderlin, R. & B. Hansen. Atlas of Florida vascular plants (on-line resource).
Common names
English
beach moonflower –
moonflower –
sea moonflower –
American Indian (Nahuatl)
ololiuqui –
French (Lesser Antilles)
belle de nuit –
Spanish (Cuba)
jabilla –
Spanish (Puerto Rico)
bejuco de luna –
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNote
1NativeAfricaWestern Indian OceanSeychelles  
1NativeAsia-TemperateChinaChina  
1NativeAsia-TemperateEastern AsiaTaiwan  
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentSri Lanka  
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndo-ChinaThailand  
1NativeAsia-TropicalMalesiaChristmas Island  
1NativeAsia-TropicalMalesiaIndonesia  
1NativeAsia-TropicalMalesiaMalaysia  
1NativeAsia-TropicalMalesiaPhilippines  
1NativeAsia-TropicalPapuasiaNew Guinea  
1NativeAsia-TropicalPapuasiaSolomon Islands  
1NativeAustralasiaAustraliaAustraliaNorthern Territory 
1NativeAustralasiaAustraliaAustraliaQueensland 
1NativeAustralasiaAustraliaAustraliaWestern Australia 
1NativeNorthern AmericaSoutheastern U.S.A.United StatesFloridas.
1NativeNorthern AmericaSouthern MexicoMexicoCampeche 
1NativeNorthern AmericaSouthern MexicoMexicoQuintana Roo 
1NativeNorthern AmericaSouthern MexicoMexicoYucatán 
1NativePacificNorthwestern PacificMarshall Islands  
1NativePacificNorthwestern PacificMicronesia  
1NativePacificNorthwestern PacificPalau  
1NativePacificNorthwestern PacificUnited StatesGuam 
1NativePacificNorthwestern PacificUnited StatesNorthern Mariana Islands 
1NativePacificSouth-Central PacificCook Islands  
1NativePacificSouth-Central PacificFrench Polynesia  
1NativePacificSouth-Central PacificPitcairn  
1NativePacificSouthwestern PacificFiji  
1NativePacificSouthwestern PacificNew Caledonia  
1NativePacificSouthwestern PacificNiue  
1NativePacificSouthwestern PacificSamoa  
1NativePacificSouthwestern PacificTonga  
1NativeSouthern AmericaCaribbeanBahamas  
1NativeSouthern AmericaCaribbeanBarbados  
1NativeSouthern AmericaCaribbeanCayman Islands  
1NativeSouthern AmericaCaribbeanCuba  
1NativeSouthern AmericaCaribbeanDominican Republic  
1NativeSouthern AmericaCaribbeanGrenada  
1NativeSouthern AmericaCaribbeanHaiti  
1NativeSouthern AmericaCaribbeanHispaniola  
1NativeSouthern AmericaCaribbeanJamaica  
1NativeSouthern AmericaCaribbeanMartinique  
1NativeSouthern AmericaCaribbeanNetherlands AntillesSaba 
1NativeSouthern AmericaCaribbeanNetherlands AntillesSt. Eustatius 
1NativeSouthern AmericaCaribbeanSt. Kitts and Nevis  
1NativeSouthern AmericaCaribbeanSt. Lucia  
1NativeSouthern AmericaCaribbeanSt. Vincent and Grenadines  
1NativeSouthern AmericaCaribbeanUnited StatesPuerto Rico 
1NativeSouthern AmericaCaribbeanUnited StatesVirgin Islands, U.S. 
1NativeSouthern AmericaCaribbeanUnited StatesVirgin Islands, U.S. 
1NativeSouthern AmericaCaribbeanUnited StatesVirgin Islands, U.S. 
1NativeSouthern AmericaCaribbeanVirgin Islands (British)Tortola 
1NativeSouthern AmericaCentral AmericaPanama  
1NativeSouthern AmericaNorthern South AmericaFrench Guiana  
1NativeSouthern AmericaNorthern South AmericaGuyana  
1NativeSouthern AmericaNorthern South AmericaSuriname  
1NativeSouthern AmericaNorthern South AmericaVenezuela  
1NativeSouthern AmericaSouthern South AmericaArgentina  
4NaturalizedAfricaSouth Tropical AfricaMozambique  
4NaturalizedAfricaWestern Indian OceanMadagascar  
4NaturalizedPacificNorth-Central PacificUnited StatesHawaii 
Native
Africa
  • WESTERN INDIAN OCEAN: Seychelles
Asia-Temperate
  • CHINA: China
  • EASTERN ASIA: Taiwan
Asia-Tropical
  • INDIAN SUBCONTINENT: Sri Lanka
  • PAPUASIA: New Guinea, Solomon Islands
  • INDO-CHINA: Thailand
  • MALESIA: Christmas Island, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines
Australasia
  • AUSTRALIA: Australia [Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia]
Northern America
  • SOUTHEASTERN U.S.A.: United States [Florida (s.)]
  • SOUTHERN MEXICO: Mexico [Campeche, Quintana Roo, Yucatán]
Pacific
  • NORTHWESTERN PACIFIC: Micronesia, Marshall Islands, Palau, United States [Guam, Northern Mariana Islands]
  • SOUTH-CENTRAL PACIFIC: Cook Islands, Pitcairn, French Polynesia
  • SOUTHWESTERN PACIFIC: Fiji, New Caledonia, Niue, Tonga, Samoa
Southern America
  • CARIBBEAN: Hispaniola, Netherlands Antilles [Saba, St. Eustatius], Bahamas, Barbados, Cuba, Cayman Islands, Dominican Republic, Grenada, Haiti, Jamaica, St. Kitts and Nevis, St. Lucia, Martinique, United States [Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands, U.S., Virgin Islands, U.S., Virgin Islands, U.S.], St. Vincent and Grenadines, Virgin Islands (British) [Tortola]
  • CENTRAL AMERICA: Panama
  • NORTHERN SOUTH AMERICA: French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, Venezuela
  • SOUTHERN SOUTH AMERICA: Argentina
Naturalized
Africa
  • SOUTH TROPICAL AFRICA: Mozambique
  • WESTERN INDIAN OCEAN: Madagascar
Pacific
  • NORTH-CENTRAL PACIFIC: United States [Hawaii]
Economic Uses
UsageTypeNoteReference
Medicinesfolklore Duke, J. A. et al. 2002. CRC Handbook of medicinal herbs
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=20238. Accessed 1 May 2025.