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.
Location
United States, Florida, Collier
25.998333, -81.406111
Location Remarks
Fakahatchee Strand State Preserve, off James Memorial Scenic Dr., northwest of Copeland.
Collectors
No collectors specified
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Solanales
Family
Convolvulaceae
Genus
Ipomoea
Specific Epithet
indica
Authorship
(Burm.) Merr.
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
Modelled estimate
EDGE score
0.1
Global rank
#273,052 of 335,497
Top 82%
Extinction probability
9%