Ipomoea aquatica

Ipomoea aquatica

Taxonavigation

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

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

Varietates: I. a. var. aquatica – I. a. var. heterophylla –

Name

Ipomoea aquatica Forssk., Fl. Aegypt.-Arab.: 44 (1775).

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. TDGW – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2^nd 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 in World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2019 November 09.

Hassler, M. 2019. Ipomoea aquatica. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World (2019). In: Roskov 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 on the internet. Accessed: 2019 November 09.

International Plant Names Index. 2019. Ipomoea aquatica. Published online. Accessed November 09 2019.

Tropicos.org 2019. Ipomoea aquatica . Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2019 November 09.

Vernacular names

ދިވެހިބަސް: ކަންކުނ
English: water spinach
suomi: Pinaattielämänlanka
日本語: ヨウサイ（空芯菜：くうしんさい）
svenska: Sallatsipomea
Tagalog: Kangkong
中文: 蕹菜

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