Ipomoea mauritiana Jacq.

  • Authority

    Maguire, Bassett. 1978. The botany of the Guayana Highland--part XI. Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 32: 1-391.

  • Family

    Convolvulaceae

  • Scientific Name

    Ipomoea mauritiana Jacq.

  • Description

    Distribution and Ecology - Distribution. Pantropical, mostly near the ocean but sometimes inland. This species may have originally come from the Orinoco region. VENEZUELA. Amazonas. Río Atabapo, near San Fernando de Atabapo. J. Wurdack & L. Adderley 42831 (NY). Bolivar. E outlier of Cerro Marimarota. J. Wurdack & J. Monachino 41377 (NY).

  • Discussion

    4. Ipomoea mauritiana Jacquin, Hort. Schoenb. 2: 39. 1797. I. digitata of authors, non L. (1759). Type. Based on a plant from Mauritius cultivated at Vienna, probably not preserved.

  • Distribution

    Distribution. Pantropical, mostly near the ocean but sometimes inland. This species may have originally come from the Orinoco region.

    Venezuela South America|