Ipomoea alba
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Family Convolvulaceae
Taxonomy: Ipomoea alba L.
Synonyms: 8 (APC 2026-07-30)
- Calonyction aculeatum (L.) House (taxonomic synonym)
- Calonyction bona-nox (L.) Bojer (taxonomic synonym)
- Convolvulus aculeatus L. (taxonomic synonym)
- Ipomaea ambigua Endl. (taxonomic synonym)
- Ipomaea carinata Endl. (taxonomic synonym)
- Ipomoea ambigua Endl. (taxonomic synonym)
- Ipomoea bona-nox L. (taxonomic synonym)
- Ipomoea carinata Endl. (taxonomic synonym)
Misapplied names: 1 (APC 2026-07-30)
- Ipomoea grandiflora (L.f.) Lam. (misapplied)
Distribution (APC): Qld (naturalised), NSW (naturalised), LHI (naturalised), NI (naturalised)
Profiles: APC, Flora of Australia, ALA, iNaturalist, NSW Flora, ATRP
Traits
Top source datasets: NHNSW_2014_2 (4), NHNSW_2022 (3), NHNSW_2023 (19), Sjostrom_2006 (4), Stephens_2023 (1), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1), eFLOWER_2021 (21). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 43 traits from 55 records in 8 datasets.
Traits by category (click to expand). For categorical traits, the values are listed. For numerical traits, the mean and range are shown.
flower morphology
- flower_colour (categorical): green (1); white_cream (1); yellow_orange (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
- sex_type (categorical): hermaphrodite (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]
fruit morphology
- fruit_width (numerical): 20.5 mm (18-23 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
- fruit_height (numerical): 20.5 mm (18-23 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
- fruit_type (categorical): capsule (2) [sources: NHNSW_2023; Sjostrom_2006]
- fruit_fleshiness (categorical): dry (1) [sources: Sjostrom_2006]
- fruit_dehiscence (categorical): dehiscent (2) [sources: NHNSW_2023; Sjostrom_2006]
leaf morphology
- leaf_length (numerical): 90 mm (70-110 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
- leaf_width (numerical): 75 mm (50-100 mm) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
- petiole_length (numerical): 9 cm (7-11 cm) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
- leaf_shape (categorical): lanceolate (1); ovate (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
- leaf_base_shape (categorical): cordate (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
- leaf_margin (categorical): entire (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
- leaf_compoundness (categorical): simple (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
- leaf_phyllotaxis (categorical): alternate (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
- plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
life history
- plant_growth_form (categorical): herb (2) [sources: NHNSW_2022; Wenk_2022]
- life_history (categorical): perennial (2) [sources: NHNSW_2022; Wenk_2023]
- woodiness_detailed (categorical): herbaceous (2) [sources: NHNSW_2022; Wenk_2022]
- stem_growth_habit (categorical): climbing (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
- pollination_system (categorical): moth (1) [sources: Stephens_2023]
- flowering_time (categorical): yyyyynnnnnny (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
Sources
| dataset_id | n_traits | n_records | reference |
|---|---|---|---|
| eFLOWER_2021 | 19 | 21 | J. Schönenberger, M. Balthazar, A. L. Martinez, B. Albert, C. Prieu, S. Magallon, and H. Sauquet. “Phylogenetic analysis of fossil flowers using an angiosperm-wide data set: proof-of-concept and challenges ahead”. American Journal of Botany 107.10 (2020), pp. 1433-1448. doi: 10.1002/ajb2.1538. |
| NHNSW_2023 | 14 | 19 | N. H. of New South Wales. The Plant Information Network System of The Royal Botanic Gardens and Domain Trust Version 2.0.. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2023. url: https://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/. |
| NHNSW_2014_2 | 4 | 4 | Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney. PLantNET: NSW flora online. 2014. url: http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/. |
| Sjostrom_2006 | 4 | 4 | A. Sjöström and C. L. Gross. “Life-history characters and phylogeny are correlated with extinction risk in the Australian angiosperms”. Journal of Biogeography 33.2 (2006), pp. 271-290. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2699.2005.01393.x. |
| NHNSW_2022 | 3 | 3 | N. H. of New South Wales. The Plant Information Network System of The Royal Botanic Gardens and Domain Trust Version 2.0.. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2022. url: https://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/. |
| Wenk_2022 | 2 | 2 | E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022. |
| Stephens_2023 | 1 | 1 | R. E. Stephens, R. V. Gallagher, L. Dun, W. Cornwell, and H. Sauquet. “Insect pollination for most of angiosperm evolutionary history”. New Phytologist 240.2 (2023), pp. 880-891. ISSN: 1469-8137. doi: 10.1111/nph.18993. |
| Wenk_2023 | 1 | 1 | E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023. |