Native to 40 botanical countries across Northern America and Southern America; introduced into 106 botanical countries across Europe, Africa, Temperate Asia, Tropical Asia, Australasia, Pacific, Northern America, and Southern America (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 1 occurrence across 1 country.

Distribution

Distribution from Plants of the World Online (POWO). View the accepted name on POWO

Occurrences

No collection number

January 13, 2003

Location

United States, Florida, Collier (Jerome)

25.998333, -81.406111

Location Remarks

Fakahatchee Strand State Preserve, off James Memorial Scenic Dr., northwest of Copeland.

Collectors

No collectors specified

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Solanales

Family

Convolvulaceae

Genus

Ipomoea

Specific Epithet

indica

Authorship

(Burm.) Merr.

Taxonomic Opinions

GBIF WFO POWO

Conservation (EDGE)

What is EDGE?

Evolutionary distinctiveness

Lower

ED 1.0

Part of a well-represented branch of the plant tree of life, with many close relatives.

Threat status

Predicted not threatened

Modelled estimate

EDGE score

0.1

Global rank

#273,052 of 335,497

Top 82%

Extinction probability

Source: Flowering plants EDGE assessment →