Synonymy

• Basionym
  • Convolvulus trifidus Kunth in Humb., Bonpl. & Kunth, Nov. Gen. Sp. (quarto ed.) 3(10): 107. 1818 [Feb 1819]. – Nov. Gen. Sp. (folio ed.) 3(10): 84. 1818 [Feb 1819].

• Homotypic
  • Ipomoea batatas f. trifida (Kunth) Nishiyama, Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 84(996): 385. 1971, comb. inval. – non Ipomoea batatas f. trifida Moldenke, Phytologia 2(7): 224. 1947.

• Heterotypic
  • Convolvulus hepaticifolius Willd. ex Roem. & Schult., Syst. Veg., ed. 15 bis [Roemer & Schultes] 4: 303. (Mar–Jun) 1819. (as C. hepaticaefolius)
  • Ipomoea ramonii Choisy, Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 9: 380. 1845. (as I. Ramoni)
  • Ipomoea roseana House, Muhlenbergia 3(3): 43(–44). 1907. (as Ipomoea Roseana)
  • Ipomoea confertiflora Standl., Publ. Carnegie Inst. Wash. 461(4): 83. 1935.
  • Ipomoea triloba f. ramonii (Choisy) Nishiyama, Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 84(996): 385. 1971, comb. inval. (as f. ramoni)

• Misapplied names
  • Ipomoea commutata auct. – non Ipomoea commutata Roem. & Schult., Syst. Veg., ed. 15 bis [Roemer & Schultes] 4: 228. 1819.
  • Ipomoea trichocarpa auct. – non Ipomoea trichocarpa Elliott, Sketch Bot. S. Carolina 1(3): 258. 1821 [1817].
  • Ipomoea triloba auct. – non Ipomoea triloba L., Sp. Pl. 1: 161. 1753.

Primary references

• Choisy, J.D. 1845. Ordo CXXXVII. Convolvulaceae. Pp. 323–462, 565 in De Candolle, A. (ed.), Prodromus systematis naturalis regni vegetabilis, sive enumeratio contracta ordinum, generum, specierumque plantarum huc usque cognitarum, juxta methodi naturalis normas digesta, Pars 9, Sistens Corolliflorarum ordines IX. Sumptibus Fortin, Masson et Sociorum, Parisiis [Paris]. BHL Biblioteca Digital Reference page. 

• Don, G. 1837–1838. A general history of the dichlamydeous plants, comprising complete descriptions of the different orders; ...; the whole arranged according to the natural system. Vol. IV.—Corolliflorae. VIII+908 pp. J.G. and F. Rivington, et al., London. BHL Reference page. 

• House, H.D. 1907. New species of Ipomoea from Mexico and Central America. Muhlenbergia 3: 37–46. BHL Reference page. 

• Kunth, C.S. 1818–1919. Convolvulaceae. Juss. Pp. 94–124, tt. 210–215 in Humboldt, A., Bonpland, A. & Kunth, C.S., Nova genera et species plantarum, quas in peregrinatione ad plagam aequinoctialem orbis novi collegerunt, descripserunt, partim adumbraverunt Amat. Bonpland et Alex. de Humboldt, Tomus 3 (quarto ed.). Sumtibus Librariae Graeco-Latino-Germanicae, Lutetiae Parisiorum [Paris]. BHL Reference page. 

• Kunth, C.S. 1919. Convolvulaceae. Juss. Pp. 74–97, tt. 210–215 in Humboldt, A., Bonpland, A. & Kunth, C.S., Nova genera et species plantarum, quas in peregrinatione orbis novi collegerunt, descripserunt, partim adumbraverunt Amat. Bonpland et Alex. de Humboldt, Tomus 3 (folio ed.). Sumtibus Librariae Graeco-Latino-Germanicae, Lutetiae Parisiorum [Paris]. e-rara.ch Reference page. 

• Roemer, J.J. & Schultes, J.A. 1819. Caroli a Linné equitis Systema Vegetabilium secundum classes ordines genera species. Cum characteribus, differentiis et synonymiis. Editio nova, speciebus inde ab editione XV. detectis aucta et locupletata. Vol. 4. VI+LX+888 pp. Sumtibus J. G. Cottae, Stuttgardtiae [Stuttgart]. BHL Reference page. 

Additional references

• Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & Strong, M.T. 2012. Convolvulaceae. In Catalogue of seed plants of the West Indies. Smithsonian Contributions to Botany 98: 234–248. BHL Reference page. 

• Austin, D.F. 1975. Family 164. Convolvulaceae. In Woodson, R.E., Jr., Schery, R.W. & Collaborators, Flora of Panama, Part IX. Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden 62: 157–224. DOI: 10.2307/2395053 BHL JSTOR Reference page. 

• Austin, D.F. 1978. The Ipomoea batatas complex—I. Taxonomy. Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club 105: 114–129. DOI: 10.2307/2484429 JSTOR Reference page. 

• Austin, D.F. 1998. Convolvulaceae. Pp. 377–424 in Steyermark, J.A. (†), Berry, P.E. & Holst, B.K. (eds.), Flora of the Venezuelan Guayana, Vol. 4, Caesalpiniaceae–Ericaceae. Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis. ISBN 0-915279-52-5. Reference page. 

• Austin, D.F. & Huáman, Z. 1996. A synopsis of Ipomoea (Convolvulaceae) in the Americas. Taxon 45(1): 3–38. DOI: 10.2307/1222581 JSTOR Reference page. 

• Hammel, B.E. 2010. Convolvulaceae. Pp. 72–126 in Hammel, B.E., Grayum, M.H., Herrera, C. & Zamora, N. (eds.), Manual de plantas de Costa Rica, Vol. V, Dicotiledóneas (Clusiaceae–Gunneraceae). Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis. ISBN 978-1-935641-01-8. Reference page. 

• Villaseñor, J.L. 2016. Checklist of the native vascular plants of Mexico. Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad 87: 559–902. DOI: 10.1016/j.rmb.2016.06.017 Online PDF Reference page. 

Links

• International Plant Names Index. 2018. Ipomoea trifida. Published online. Accessed 26 April 2018.

• GBIF

• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Ipomoea trifida in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed on 2018-04-26.

• Hassler, M. 2018. Ipomoea trifida. 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. 2018. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2018 June 22.

• Tropicos.org 2018. Ipomoea trifida. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 26 April 2018.

• Tropicos.org: Flora Mesoamericana: Ipomoea trifida. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on internet. Accessed: 26 April 2018.

• Ipomoea trifida in Bernal, R., Gradstein, S.R. & Celis, M. (eds.). 2015. Catálogo de plantas y líquenes de Colombia. Instituto de Ciencias Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá. Accessed: 26 April 2018.

• Tropicos.org: Catalogue of the Vascular Plants of the Department of Antioquia (Colombia): Ipomoea trifida. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on internet. Accessed: 26 April 2018.

• Tropicos.org: Catalogue of the Vascular Plants of Ecuador: Ipomoea trifida. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on internet. Accessed: 26 April 2018.

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