Biology:Ipomoea imperati

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Short description: Species of plant in the family Convolvulaceae

Ipomoea imperati
Ipomoea imperati kz04.jpg
Spreading across a beach in Greece
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Solanales
Family: Convolvulaceae
Genus: Ipomoea
Species:
I. imperati
Binomial name
Ipomoea imperati
(Vahl) Griseb.[1]

Ipomoea imperati, the beach morning-glory (a name it shares with Ipomoea pes-caprae), is a species of flowering plant in the family Convolvulaceae. Like Ipomoea pes-caprae, its seeds disperse by floating in seawater. It has been found on the sandy shores of every continent except Antarctica.[2]

Ipomoea imperati and I. pes-caprae can be easily can be distinguished in that I. imperati has white flowers and I. pes-caprae usually has purple flowers.[3] The leaves of I. imperati are more linear or lanceolate while those of I. pes-caprae tend to be more circular or ovate.[3]

It is considered an invasive species in some places.[citation needed]

References

  1. Cat. Pl. Cub. 203. 1866
  2. Lonard, R.I.; Judd, F.W. (1999). "The Biological Flora of Coastal Dunes and Wetlands. Ipomoea imperati (Vahl) Griseb.". Journal of Coastal Research 15 (3): 645–652. 
  3. 3.0 3.1 Ruizheng, Fang; Staples, George, "Ipomoea", Flora of China, 16, http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=116482, retrieved 17 December 2019 

Wikidata ☰ Q138428 entry