AusTraits

Ipomoea

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Family Convolvulaceae

Taxonomy:

Synonyms: 15 (APC 2026-07-30)
  • Argyreia Lour. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Batatas Choisy (taxonomic synonym)
  • Calonyction Choisy (taxonomic synonym)
  • Ipomaea Endl. (orthographic variant)
  • Ipomoea ser. Urceolatae Benth. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Lepistemon Blume (taxonomic synonym)
  • Lepistemon sect. Eulepistemon Kuntze (taxonomic synonym)
  • Lettsomia Roxb. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Pharbitis Choisy (taxonomic synonym)
  • Plesiagopus Raf. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Quamoclit Mill. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Quamoclita Raf. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Rivea Choisy (taxonomic synonym)
  • Stictocardia Hallier f. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Turbina Raf. (taxonomic synonym)

Distribution (APC):

Profiles: APC, Flora of Australia, ALA, iNaturalist, ATRP

Traits

Top source datasets: ANBG_2019 (1), Schmidt_2003 (5). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 6 traits from 6 records in 2 datasets.

Traits by category (click to expand). For categorical traits, the values are listed. For numerical traits, the mean and range are shown.

fire response
life history
  • plant_growth_form (categorical): climber_herbaceous (1) [sources: Schmidt_2003]
  • life_history (categorical): perennial (1) [sources: Schmidt_2003]
  • nitrogen_fixing (categorical): non_nitrogen_fixer (1) [sources: Schmidt_2003]
  • root_structure (categorical): arbuscular_mycorrhizal (1) [sources: Schmidt_2003]
seed morphology
  • seed_dry_mass (numerical): 9.71 mg (9.71-9.71 mg) [sources: ANBG_2019]

Sources

dataset_idn_traitsn_recordsreference
Schmidt_200355S. Schmidt and G. R. Stewart. “d15N values of tropical savanna and monsoon forest species reflect root specialisations and soil nitrogen status”. Oecologia 134 (2003), pp. 569-577. doi: 10.1007/s00442-002-1150-y.
ANBG_201911Australian National Botanic Gardens. The National Seed Bank. 2018. url: http://www.anbg.gov.au/gardens/living/seedbank/.