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alba

Taxon

Ipomoea alba L.

Protologue Sp. Pl. 1: 161. 1753 [1 May 1753]BHL pageIPNI
AcceptedGBIF
Least Concern
Ipomoea alba--Fl. Collier Co. Corkscrew Swamp Sanctuary. 12 Jan 03. 34.jpg

Ipomoea alba--Fl. Collier Co. Corkscrew Swamp Sanctuary. 12 Jan 03. 34.jpg

By Sharon R. Christoph

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Ipomoea alba--FL. Collier Co. Corkscrew Swamp Sanctuary. 12 Jan 03. 078.jpg

Ipomoea alba--FL. Collier Co. Corkscrew Swamp Sanctuary. 12 Jan 03. 078.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Ipomoea alba--FL. Collier Co. Corkscrew Swamp Sanctuary. 12 Jan 03. 077.jpg

Ipomoea alba--FL. Collier Co. Corkscrew Swamp Sanctuary. 12 Jan 03. 077.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Ipomoea alba--FL. Collier Co. Corkscrew Swamp Sanctuary. 12 Jan 03. 035.jpg

Ipomoea alba--FL. Collier Co. Corkscrew Swamp Sanctuary. 12 Jan 03. 035.jpg

By Sharon R. Christoph

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Native to 41 botanical countries across Northern America and Southern America; introduced into 83 botanical countries across 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 12, 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

alba

Authorship

L.

Taxonomic Opinions

GBIFWFOPOWO

Conservation (EDGE)

What is EDGE?

Evolutionary distinctiveness

Lower

ED 3.2

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

Threat status

Least Concern

IUCN Red List

EDGE score

0.2

Global rank

#224,056 of 335,497

Top 67%

Extinction probability

5%

Source: Flowering plants EDGE assessment →