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In Africa the plant was known as Convolvulus heptaphyllus until 1961, when Bernard Verdcourt moved the taxon to a new combination, Ipomoea tenuipes, instead of I. heptaphylla, because he believed the name I. heptaphylla was already occupied; [2] in fact the name was indeed occupied, Robert Sweet had already moved Convolvulus heptaphyllus to ...
This list of sweet potato cultivars provides some information about varieties and cultivars of sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas). The sweet potato was first domesticated in the Americas more than 5,000 years ago. [1] As of 2013, there are approximately 7,000 sweet potato cultivars. People grow sweet potato in many parts of the world, including New ...
Ipomoea hederacea Jacq. – ivy-leaved morning glory; Ipomoea hederifolia L. – scarlet morning glory, scarlet creeper, star ipomoea; Ipomoea heptaphylla Sweet – Wright's morning glory; Ipomoea herpeana Deroin; Ipomoea heterodoxa Standl. & Steyerm. Ipomoea heterosepala Baker; Ipomoea heterotricha Didr. Ipomoea hewittacea (Kuntze) J.R.I.Wood ...
Ipomoea transvaalensis Ipomoea setosa Ipomoea muricata Ipomoea orizabensis Ipomoea magnusiana. Ipomoea (/ ˌ ɪ p ə ˈ m iː. ə,-oʊ-/) [3] [4] is the largest genus in the plant family Convolvulaceae, with over 600 species.
The genus Ipomoea that contains the sweet potato also includes several garden flowers called morning glories, but that term is not usually extended to I. batatas. Some cultivars of I. batatas are grown as ornamental plants under the name tuberous morning glory, and used in a horticultural context. Sweet potatoes can also be called yams in North ...
Pink root Phoma terrestris = Pyrenochaeta terrestris. Punky rot Trichoderma spp. Trichoderma koningii. Rhizoctonia stem canker (sprout rot) Rhizoctonia solani. Thanatephorus cucumeris [teleomorph] Rhizopus soft rot: Rhizopus spp. Rhizopus stolonifer. Rootlet rot Fusarium solani. Pythium spp. Pythium ultimum Rhizoctonia solani Streptomyces ...
Members of the family are well known as food plants (e.g. sweet potatoes and water spinach), as showy garden plants (e.g. morning glory) and as troublesome weeds (e.g. bindweed (mainly Convolvulus and Calystegia) and dodder), while Humbertia madagascariensis is a medium-sized tree and Ipomoea carnea is an erect shrub. Some parasitic members of ...
Ipomoea carnea, the pink morning glory, is a species of morning glory that grows as a bush. This flowering plant has heart-shaped leaves that are a rich green and 6–9 inches (15–23 cm) long. This flowering plant has heart-shaped leaves that are a rich green and 6–9 inches (15–23 cm) long.