FNA: Ipomoea pes-caprae vs. Ipomoea sloteri

	Ipomoea pes-caprae	Ipomoea sloteri
	bayhops, beach morning glory, goat's foot, man-of-the-earth	narrow-leaf morning glory
Habit		Annuals.
Stems		twining.
Leaf		blades deltate-ovate to oblong-ovate, 10–90 × 5–45 mm overall, palmati-pinnate, base cordate to ± truncate, lobes 7–11+, lanceolate, lance-linear, or linear, proximal ones sometimes again lobed, terminal lobe broadest, surfaces glabrous.
Peduncles		glabrous.
Flowers		diurnal; sepals elliptic to oblong, 4–8 mm, ± chartaceous, apex obtuse, mucronate, surfaces glabrous; corolla red, salverform, 40–50 mm.
2n		= 58.

	Ipomoea pes-caprae	Ipomoea sloteri
Phenology		Flowering Jun–Oct.
Habitat		Abandoned plantings, disturbed sites.
Elevation		0–300 m. [0–1000 ft.]
Distribution	tropical regions; original distribution unknown; now world-wide in subtropical and tropical climates [WildflowerSearch map] [BONAP county map]	FL; MI; NY; TX
Discussion	Subspecies 2 (1 in the flora). Subspecies pes-caprae in known from coastal and island shores around and in the Indian Ocean. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)	According to J. E. Eckenwalder (1986), the name Ipomoea × multifida Rafinesque (as species) refers to diploid hybrid plants resulting from crosses between I. coccinea and I. quamoclit; I. sloteri refers to allotetraploid plants derived from diploid hybrids between I. coccinea and I. quamoclit. (Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)
Parent taxa	Convolvulaceae > Ipomoea	Convolvulaceae > Ipomoea
Sibling taxa	I. alba, I. amnicola, I. aquatica, I. asarifolia, I. barbatisepala, I. batatas, I. cairica, I. capillacea, I. cardiophylla, I. carnea, I. coccinea, I. cordatotriloba, I. costellata, I. cristulata, I. dumetorum, I. hederacea, I. hederifolia, I. imperati, I. indica, I. lacunosa, I. leptophylla, I. lindheimeri, I. longifolia, I. macrorhiza, I. microdactyla, I. muricata, I. nil, I. pandurata, I. plummerae, I. pubescens, I. purpurea, I. quamoclit, I. rupicola, I. sagittata, I. setosa, I. shumardiana, I. sloteri, I. tenuiloba, I. tenuissima, I. ternifolia, I. thurberi, I. tricolor, I. triloba, I. violacea, I. wrightii, I. ×leucantha	I. alba, I. amnicola, I. aquatica, I. asarifolia, I. barbatisepala, I. batatas, I. cairica, I. capillacea, I. cardiophylla, I. carnea, I. coccinea, I. cordatotriloba, I. costellata, I. cristulata, I. dumetorum, I. hederacea, I. hederifolia, I. imperati, I. indica, I. lacunosa, I. leptophylla, I. lindheimeri, I. longifolia, I. macrorhiza, I. microdactyla, I. muricata, I. nil, I. pandurata, I. pes-caprae, I. plummerae, I. pubescens, I. purpurea, I. quamoclit, I. rupicola, I. sagittata, I. setosa, I. shumardiana, I. tenuiloba, I. tenuissima, I. ternifolia, I. thurberi, I. tricolor, I. triloba, I. violacea, I. wrightii, I. ×leucantha
Subordinate taxa	I. pes-caprae subsp. brasiliensis
Synonyms	Convolvulus pes-caprae
Name authority	(Linnaeus) R. Brown: Observ. Congo, 58. (1818)	Macfarlane ex E. T. Reichert: Publ. Carnegie Inst. Wash. 270(2): 785. (1919)
Source	FNA vol. 14. Treatment author: Daniel F. Austin†.	FNA vol. 14. Treatment author: Daniel F. Austin†.
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Ipomoea sloteri

bayhops, beach morning glory, goat's foot, man-of-the-earth

narrow-leaf morning glory

Habit

Annuals.

Stems

twining.

Leaf

blades deltate-ovate to oblong-ovate, 10–90 × 5–45 mm overall, palmati-pinnate, base cordate to ± truncate, lobes 7–11+, lanceolate, lance-linear, or linear, proximal ones sometimes again lobed, terminal lobe broadest, surfaces glabrous.

Peduncles

glabrous.

Flowers

diurnal;

sepals elliptic to oblong, 4–8 mm, ± chartaceous, apex obtuse, mucronate, surfaces glabrous;

corolla red, salverform, 40–50 mm.

= 58.

Ipomoea pes-caprae

Ipomoea sloteri

Phenology

Flowering Jun–Oct.

Habitat

Abandoned plantings, disturbed sites.

Elevation

0–300 m. [0–1000 ft.]

Distribution

tropical regions; original distribution unknown; now world-wide in subtropical and tropical climates

[WildflowerSearch map]

[BONAP county map]

FL; MI; NY; TX

Discussion

Subspecies 2 (1 in the flora).

Subspecies pes-caprae in known from coastal and island shores around and in the Indian Ocean.

(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)

According to J. E. Eckenwalder (1986), the name Ipomoea × multifida Rafinesque (as species) refers to diploid hybrid plants resulting from crosses between I. coccinea and I. quamoclit; I. sloteri refers to allotetraploid plants derived from diploid hybrids between I. coccinea and I. quamoclit.

(Discussion copyrighted by Flora of North America; reprinted with permission.)

Parent taxa

Convolvulaceae > Ipomoea

Sibling taxa

I. alba, I. amnicola, I. aquatica, I. asarifolia, I. barbatisepala, I. batatas, I. cairica, I. capillacea, I. cardiophylla, I. carnea, I. coccinea, I. cordatotriloba, I. costellata, I. cristulata, I. dumetorum, I. hederacea, I. hederifolia, I. imperati, I. indica, I. lacunosa, I. leptophylla, I. lindheimeri, I. longifolia, I. macrorhiza, I. microdactyla, I. muricata, I. nil, I. pandurata, I. plummerae, I. pubescens, I. purpurea, I. quamoclit, I. rupicola, I. sagittata, I. setosa, I. shumardiana, I. sloteri, I. tenuiloba, I. tenuissima, I. ternifolia, I. thurberi, I. tricolor, I. triloba, I. violacea, I. wrightii, I. ×leucantha

I. alba, I. amnicola, I. aquatica, I. asarifolia, I. barbatisepala, I. batatas, I. cairica, I. capillacea, I. cardiophylla, I. carnea, I. coccinea, I. cordatotriloba, I. costellata, I. cristulata, I. dumetorum, I. hederacea, I. hederifolia, I. imperati, I. indica, I. lacunosa, I. leptophylla, I. lindheimeri, I. longifolia, I. macrorhiza, I. microdactyla, I. muricata, I. nil, I. pandurata, I. pes-caprae, I. plummerae, I. pubescens, I. purpurea, I. quamoclit, I. rupicola, I. sagittata, I. setosa, I. shumardiana, I. tenuiloba, I. tenuissima, I. ternifolia, I. thurberi, I. tricolor, I. triloba, I. violacea, I. wrightii, I. ×leucantha

Subordinate taxa

I. pes-caprae subsp. brasiliensis

Synonyms

Convolvulus pes-caprae

Name authority

(Linnaeus) R. Brown: Observ. Congo, 58. (1818)

Macfarlane ex E. T. Reichert: Publ. Carnegie Inst. Wash. 270(2): 785. (1919)

Source

FNA vol. 14. Treatment author: Daniel F. Austin†.

Web links

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