Native to 42 botanical countries across Northern America and Southern America; introduced into 82 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

Stevens, W. D 30980

March 10, 2011

Location

Paraguay, Guaira (Colonia Independencia, Planta Urbana)

-25.738056, -56.177778

Location Remarks

Parque Nacional Ybyturuzu, road to Granja Francisca; overgrown wet field just beginning to dry. 170 m elev.

Collectors

W. Douglas Stevens, Isabel Basualdo, Olga Martha Montiel, Christopher Davidson, Sharon R. Christoph

Notes

Trailing on roadside, flowers erect, pale blue.

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Solanales

Family

Convolvulaceae

Genus

Ipomoea

Specific Epithet

nil

Authorship

(L.) Roth

Taxonomic Opinions

GBIF WFO POWO

Conservation (EDGE)

What is EDGE?

Evolutionary distinctiveness

Lower

ED 1.1

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

#271,276 of 335,497

Top 81%

Extinction probability

10%

Source: Flowering plants EDGE assessment →