Contains 29 accepted taxa overall.
Characteristics
Classification
Citation
IPOMOEA Linnaeus, Sp. Pl. 159. 1753.
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TYPE: Ipomoea pes-tigridis Linnaeus, typ. cons.
Species
| Scientific Name | Common Name | Herbarium Specimens | Status | Photos |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ipomoea alba | MOONFLOWERS; TROPICAL WHITE MORNING-GLORY | Native FAC (NWPL) | ||
| Ipomoea aquatica | WATER-SPINACH | Not Native OBL (NWPL) Y | ||
| Ipomoea asarifolia | GINGER-LEAF MORNING-GLORY | Not Native OBL (NWPL) | ||
| Ipomoea batatas | SWEETPOTATO | Not Native | ||
| Ipomoea cairica | MILE-A-MINUTE VINE | Not Native FACU (NWPL) | ||
| Ipomoea carnea subsp. fistulosa | BUSH MORNING-GLORY | Not Native FACU (NWPL) Y | ||
| Ipomoea cordatotriloba | TIEVINE | Native FACU (NWPL) | ||
| Ipomoea corymbosa | CHRISTMASVINE | Not Native | ||
| Ipomoea hederacea | IVYLEAF MORNING-GLORY | Not Native FACU (NWPL) | ||
| Ipomoea hederifolia | SCARLETCREEPER | Native FACU (NWPL) | ||
| Ipomoea imperati | BEACH MORNING-GLORY | Native FACU (NWPL) | ||
| Ipomoea indica | OCEANBLUE MORNING-GLORY | Native FAC (NWPL) | ||
| Ipomoea lacunosa | WHITESTAR | Native FAC (NWPL) | ||
| Ipomoea leucantha | Native | |||
| Ipomoea macrorhiza | LARGEROOT MORNING-GLORY | Native | ||
| Ipomoea microdactyla | BEJUCO COLORADO; WILD-POTATO MORNING-GLORY; MAN-IN-THE-GROUND | Native Rare-State | ||
| Ipomoea muricata | LILACBELL | Not Native | ||
| Ipomoea nervosa | WOOLLY MORNING-GLORY; ELEPHANT CREEPER | Not Native | ||
| Ipomoea pandurata | MAN-OF-THE-EARTH | Native FACU (NWPL) | ||
| Ipomoea pes-caprae subsp. brasiliensis | RAILROAD VINE; BAYHOPS | Native FAC (NWPL) | ||
| Ipomoea purpurea | TALL MORNING-GLORY | Not Native UPL (NWPL) | ||
| Ipomoea quamoclit | CYPRESSVINE | Not Native FACU (NWPL) | ||
| Ipomoea sagittata | SALTMARSH MORNING-GLORY | Native FACW (NWPL) | ||
| Ipomoea setosa | BRAZILIAN MORNING-GLORY | Not Native | ||
| Ipomoea tenuissima | ROCKLAND MORNING-GLORY | Native Rare-State | ||
| Ipomoea tiliifolia | SPOTTEDHEART | Not Native FACU (NWPL) | ||
| Ipomoea triloba | LITTLEBELL | Not Native FAC (NWPL) | ||
| Ipomoea violacea | BEACH MOONFLOWER | Native FACW (NWPL) | ||
| Ipomoea wrightii | WRIGHT'S MORNING-GLORY | Not Native FACW (NWPL) |
Identification Key
1. Stems densely white-tomentose and leaf blades pinnately veined; fruit indehiscent
1. Stems glabrous to pubescent, or if densely tomentose then leaf blades palmate-pinnately veined; fruit dehiscent or circumscissile
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2. Leaves pinnately divided into linear segments
2. Leaves entire or with broad lobes, or palmately dissected
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3. Leaves palmately dissected, appearing palmately compound
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3. Leaves entire or with broad lobes, the sinuses not reaching the petiole (nearly reaching the petiole sometimes in I. batatas or I. imperati)
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4. Leaves of axillary buds developed and stipulelike
4. Leaves of axillary buds not developed
5. Leaf blade distally oblong to broadly rounded, the apex truncate, emarginate, to broadly obtuse
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5. Leaf blade distally broadly to narrowly deltoid and gradually narrowed to an acute, acuminate, or mucronulate tip
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6. Leaves chartaceous
6. Leaves somewhat fleshy, semi-succulent
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7. Leaf blade not lobed, with conspicuous reticulate venation between the secondary veins; corolla pinkish to lavender throughout, darker in the throat
7. Leaf blade sometimes lobed, with inconspicuous or faint reticulate venation between the secondary veins; corolla white with yellow to purple throat
8. Plant an erect shrub, the flowering portions of the stem mostly > 4 mm in width; leaves lanceolate
8. Plant herbaceous, repent, clambering, or twining, the flowering portions of the stem mostly < 4 mm wide, if thicker, then leaves not lanceolate
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9. Leaf blade tomentose abaxially
9. Leaf blade glabrous to pilose abaxially
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10. Plant with filiform prickles
10. Plant without prickles or prickles not filiform
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11. Calyx lobe body obtuse with a subapical filiform prolonged tip; corolla red, rarely white
11. Calyx lobe tip terminal, not subapical; corolla white, light blue, or purple
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12. Calyx lobe tip linear to filiform, typically subequal to the body in length
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12. Calyx lobe tip obtuse, acute, to acuminate, less than half the length of the body
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13. Plant glabrate; corolla white
13. Plant densely pilose; corolla light blue, the throat white to pale yellow
14. Leaf blade lanceolate, the base broadly to shallowly acute or rounded-truncate to truncate-acute; corolla red (rarely white)
14. Leaf blade not lanceolate, the base cordate to sagittate, or truncate; corolla white to purple
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15. Plant repent or stems floating
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15. Plant twining, stems sinuous
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16. Sepals with bristle-like tips
16. Sepals without bristle-like tips
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17. Leaf blade apex deltoid, with an acute to acuminate tip
17. Leaf blade apex rounded, acute to obtuse with a mucro
18. Midvein region green or darker, strongly contrasting with margin of sepal
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18. Midvein region not pronouncedly darker or scarcely darker than margin of sepal
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19. Stem without prickles; sepal tip obtuse to acute; fruit circumscissile at base, with 1-2 seeds
19. Stem sometimes with deltate prickles; sepal tip caudate-acuminate; fruit not circumscissile, with 1-4 seeds
20. Sepal tips rounded, obtuse, sometimes mucronate
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20. Sepal tips acute to acuminate
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21. Leaf blades sagittate; corolla purple to lavender
21. Leaf blades cordate; corolla white or white with a purple throat
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22. Corolla with a purple throat; sepals 12-15 mm long
22. Corolla without a purple throat; sepals 15-25 mm long
23. Plant usually with some leaves sagittate
23. Plant mostly without sagittate leaves
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24. Pedicel without papillae or subtly papillate; corolla (3.5)4-8 cm long
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24. Pedicel often subtly papillate; corolla 0.5-5 cm long
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25. Stems sometimes fleshy (i.e. sweet potato), sometimes rooting; sepals with bristle-like tips
25. Stems not fleshy, not rooting; sepals merely acute to acuminate at the tip
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26. Pedicel shorter than the calyx
26. Pedicel subequal to longer than the calyx
27. Corolla 0.5-2.5 cm long; sepals glabrous; pedicel usually to 6 mm long (rarely to 11 mm)
27. Corolla 1.5-5 cm long; sepals ciliate-margined; pedicels 5-14 mm long
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28. Longest sepals 5-8 mm long, oblong to narrowly elliptic-oblong; corolla 1.8-2 cm long; largest dimension (length or width) of fruit 5-6 mm
28. Longest sepals 8-14 mm long, glabrous or ciliate-margined; corolla 0.5-4 cm long; largest dimension (length or width) of fruit 7-13 mm long
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29. Corolla pinkish to lavender (rarely white), 2.5-5 cm long; sepals ovate-lanceolate to lanceolate-acuminate, 8-14 mm long; largest dimension (length or width) of fruit 7--10 mm; pedicels 6 mm or more long
29. Corolla white to pale pink, 1.5-3 cm long; sepals lanceolate, 10-15 mm long; corolla; largest dimension (length or width)of fruit 10-13 mm; pedicel to 7 mm long
Genus Synonyms
| Synonym | Full Citation | Basionym | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| Acmostemon | Acmostemon Pilger, Notizbl. Bot. Gart. Berlin-Dahlem 13: 106. 1936. | TYEP: Acmostemon angolensis Pilger 1936. | |
| Adamboe | Adamboe Rafinesque, Fl. Tellur. 4: 73. 1838 ("1836"), non Adanson 1763. | TYPE: Adamboe bicolor Rafinesque, nom. illegit. (Ipomoea campanulata Linnaeus) | |
| Amphione | Amphione Rafinesque, Fl. Tellur. 4: 79. 1838 ("1836"). | TYPE: Amphione lobata Rafinesque 1838, nom. illegit. (Ipomoea triloba Linnaeus 1753.) Typified by Manitz, Feddes Repert 85: 629. 1974. | |
| Apopleumon | Apopleumon Rafinesque, Fl. Tellur. 4: 72. 1838 ("1836"). | TYPE: Apopleumon bignonioides (Sims) Rafinesque (Ipomoea bignonioides Sims) | |
| Argyreia | Argyreia Loureiro, Fl. Cochinch. 95, 134. 1790. | TYPE: Argyreia obtusifolia Loureiro Lectotypified by Merrill, Trans. Amer. Philos. Soc., ser. 2. 24: 329. 1935. | |
| Astripomoea | Astripomoea E. Meeuse, Bothalia 6: 709. 1958. | TYPE: Astripomoea lachnosperma (Choisy) E. Meeuse 1958. (Ipomoea lachnosperma Choisy 1845.) Substitute name for Astrochlaena Hallier f. 1893, non Corda 1845. | |
| Astrochlaena | Astrochlaena Hallier f., Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 18: 120. 1893 ("1894"), non Corda 1845. | TYPE: Astrochlaena lachnosperma (Choisy) Hallier f. 1893. (Ipomoea lachnosperma Choisy 1845.) = Astripomoea A. Meeuse 1958. | |
| Batatas | Batatas Choisy, Mem. Soc. Phys. Geneve 6: 434. 1834. | TYPE: Batatas edulis (Thunberg) Choisy (Convolvulus edulis Thunberg) Lectotypified by Roberty, Boissiera 10: 147. 1964. | |
| Blinkworthia | Blinkworthia Choisy, Mém. Soc. Phys. Genève 6: 430, t. 5. 1834 ("1833"). | TYPE: Blinkworthia lycioides Choisy 1834. | |
| Bombycospermum | Bombycospermum C. Presl, Reliq. Haenk. 2: 137, t. 71. 1835. | TYPE: Bombycospermum mexicanum C. Presl | |
| Bonanox | Bonanox Rafinesque, Ann. Gen. Sci. Phys. 8: 272. 1821. | TYPE: Ipomoea bona-nox Linnaeus | |
| Calboa | Calboa Cavanilles, Icon. 5: 51, t. 476. 1799. | TYPE: Calboa vitifolia Cavanilles | |
| Calonyction | Calonyction Choisy, Mem. Soc. Phys. Geneve 6: 441. 1834. | TYPE: Calonyction speciosum Choisy, nom. illegit. (Ipomoea bona-nox Linnaeus) Lectotypified by Verdcourt, Taxon 6: 151. 1957. = Bonanox Rafinesque 1821. | |
| Calycanthemum | Calycanthemum Klotzsch, in Peters, Naturw. Reise Mossambique 6: 243, t. 40. 1862. | TYPE: Calycanthemum leucanthemum Klotzsch | |
| Cleimera | Cleimera Rafinesque, Fl. Tellur. 4: 77. 1838 ("1836"). | TYPE: Non designatus. | |
| Cleiostoma | Cleiostoma Rafinesque, Fl. Tellur. 4: 80. 1838 ("1836"). | TYPE: Cleiostoma villosum Rafinesque, nom. illegit. (Convolvulus aggregatus Loureiro) | |
| Coiladena | Coiladena Rafinesque, Fl. Tellur. 2: 12. 1837 ("1836"). | TYPE: Non designatus. | |
| Convolvuloides | Convolvuloides Moench, Methodus 451. 1794, nom. rej. vs. Pharbitis Choisy 1834. | TYPE: Convolvuloides purpurea (Linnaeus) Moench (Convolvulus purpureus Linnaeus) = Pharbitis Choisy 1834. | |
| Cryptanthela | Cryptanthela Gagnepain, Notul. Syst. (Paris) 14: 24. 1950. | TYPE: Cryptanthela sericea Gagnepain 1950. | |
| Diatrema | Diatrema Rafinesque, Herb. Raf. 80. 1833, nom. rej. vs. Pharbitis Choisy 1834. | TYPE: Diatrema trichocarpa Rafinesque, nom. illegit. (Ipomoea trichocarpa Elliott, nom. illegit.; Convolvulus carolinus Linnaeus) | |
| Diatremis | Diatremis Rafinesque, Ann. Gen. Sci. Phys. 8: 271. 1821, nom. rej. vs. Pharbitis Choisy 1834. | TYPE: Convolvulus nil Linnaeus | |
| Dimerodiscus | Dimerodiscus Gagnepain, Notul. Syst. (Paris) 14: 25. 1950. | TYPE: Dimerodiscus fallax Gagnepain 1950. | |
| Distimake | Distimake Rafinesque, Fl. Tellur. 4: 82. 1838 ("1836"). | TYPE: Distimake glaber (Aublet) Rafinesque (Convolvulus glaber Aublet) | |
| Doxema | Doxema Rafinesque, Fl. Tellur. 4: 75. 1838 ("1836"). | TYPE: Doxema sanguinea (Vahl) Rafinesque (Ipomoea sanguinea Vahl) | |
| Elythrostamna | Elythrostamna Bojer ex Desjardins, Rapp. Annuel Trav. Soc. Hist. Nat. Ile Maurice 1: 36. 1836. | TYPE: Elythrostamna convolvulacea Bojer ex Desjardins 1836. | |
| Euryloma | Euryloma Rafinesque, Fl. Tellur. 4: 75. 1838 ("1836"), non D. Don 1834. | TYPE: Euryloma latiflora (Desrousseaux) Rafinesque (Convolvulus latiflorus Desrousseaux) Lectotypified by Manitz, Feddes Repert. 87: 312. 1976. | |
| Exallosis | Exallosis Rafinesque, Fl. Tellur. 4: 83. 1838 ("1836"). | TYPE: Exallosis biflora (Linnaeus) Rafinesque (Convolvulus biflorus Linnaeus) | |
| Exogonium | Exogonium Choisy, Mem. Soc. Phys. Geneve 6: 433. 1834. | TYPE: Exogonium bracteatum (Cavanilles) G. Don (Ipomoea bracteata Cavanilles) Lectotypified by House, Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 35: 98. 1908. | |
| Fraxima | Fraxima Rafinesque, Fl. Tellur. 4: 83. 1838 ("1836"). | TYPE: Fraxima sagittifolia (Michaux) Rafinesque (Convolvulus sagittifolius Michaux) Lectotypified by Manitz, Feddes Repert. 85: 633. 1974. | |
| Gynoisia | Gynoisia Rafinesque, Fl. Tellur. 4: 75. 1838 ("1836"). | TYPE: Gynoisia carolina (Linnaeus) Rafinesque (Convolvulus carolinus Linnaeus) Lectotypified by Manitz, Feddes Repert. 87: 312. 1976. = Diatrema Rafinesque 1833, by lectotypification. | |
| Kolofonia | Kolofonia Rafinesque, Fl. Tellur. 4: 73. 1838 ("1836"). | TYPE: Kolofonia albinervia (Lindley) Rafinesque (Convolvulus albinervius Lindley) | |
| Latrienda | Latrienda Rafinesque, Fl. Tellur. 4: 81. 1838 ("1836"). | TYPE: Non designatus. | |
| Legendrea | Legendrea Webb & Berthelot, Hist. Nat. Iles Canaries 3(2(3)): 26. 1844. | TYPE: Legendrea mollissima Webb & Berthelot 1844. | |
| Lepistemon | Lepistemon Blume, Bijdr. 722. 1826. | TYPE: Lepistemon flavescens Blume 1826 | |
| Lepistemonopsis | Lepistemonopsis Dammer, in Engler, Pflanzenw. Ost-Afrikas C: 331. 1895. | TYPE: Lepistemonopsis volkensii Dammer 1894. | |
| Leptocallis | Leptocallis G. Don, Gen. Hist. 4: 253, 260. 1837. | TYPE: Leptocallis quinata G. Don 1837, nom. illegit. (Ipomoea muricata Cavanilles 1799, non (Linnaeus) Jacquin 1798; Ipomoea armata Roemer & Schultes 1819; Leptocallis armata (Roemer & Schultes) G. Don 1839) Typified by Pfeiffer, Nomencl. Bot. 2: 80. 1874. | |
| Lettsomia | Lettsomia Roxburgh, Fl. Ind. 2: 75. 1824, non Ruiz López & Pavón 1794. | TYPE: Lettsomia cuneata (Willdenow) Roxburgh 1824. (Convolvulus cuneatus Willdenow 1798.) Lectotypified by Pfeiffer, Nomencl. Bot. 2: 95. 1874. | |
| Macrostema | Macrostema Persoon, Syn. Pl. 1: 185. 1805. | TYPE: Macrostema vitifolia (Cavanilles) Persoon (Calboa vitifolia Cavanilles) = Calboa Cavanilles 1799. | |
| Marcellia | Marcellia Martius ex Choisy, Mem. Soc. Phys. Geneve 10: 443. 1844. | TYPE: Marcellia villosa Choisy | |
| Melascus | Melascus Rafinesque, Fl. Tellur. 4: 80. 1838 ("1836"). | TYPE: Melascus latifolius Rafinesque, nom. illegit. (Convolvulus latiflorus Desrousseaux) = Euryloma Rafinesque 1838, non D. Don 1834. | |
| Mina | Mina Cervantes, in La Llave & Lexarza, Nov. Veg. Descr. 1: 3. 1824. | TYPE: Mina lobata Cervantes 1824. | |
| Modesta | Modesta Rafinesque, Fl. Tellur. 4: 75. 1838 ("1836"). | TYPE: Modesta paniculata (Linnaeus) Rafinesque (Convolvulus paniculatus Linnaeus) Lectotypified by Manitz, Feddes Repert. 85: 634. 1974. | |
| Moorcroftia | Moorcroftia Choisy, Mem. Soc. Phys. Geneve 6: 431, t. 4. 1834. | TYPE: Moorcroftia pinangiana Choisy Lectotypified by Roberty, Boissiera 10: 143. 1964. | |
| Moorcroftia | Moorcroftia Choisy, Mém. Soc. Phys. Genève 6: 431, t. 4. 1834 ("1833"). | TYPE: Moorcroftia pinangiana Choisy 1834. Typified by Roberty, Boissiera 10: 143. 1964. | |
| Morenoa | Morenoa La Llave & Lexarza, Nov. Veg. Descr. 1: 5. 1824. | TYPE: Morenoa globosa La Llave & Lexarza | |
| Navipomoea | Navipomoea Roberty, Boissiera 10: 147. 1964. | TYPE: Navipomoea involucrata (Palilsot de Beauvois) Roberty 1964. (Ipomoea involucrata Palisot de Beauvois 1816.) | |
| Neorthosis | Neorthosis Rafinesque, Fl. Tellur. 4: 125. 1838 ("1836"). | TYPE: Non designatus. | |
| Ornithosperma | Ornithosperma Rafinesque, Fl. Ludov. 47, 149. 1817. | TYPE: Ornithosperma serotinum Rafinesque | |
| Paralepistemon | Paralepistemon Lejoly & Lisowski, Bull. Jard. Bot. Natl. Belg. 56: 196. 1986. | TYPE: Paralepistemon shirensis (Oliver) Lejoly & Lisowski 1986. (Ipomoea shirensis Oliver 1884.) | |
| Parasitipomoea | Parasitipomoea Hayata, Icon. Pl. Formosan. 6: 33. 1916. | TYPE: Parasitipomoea formosana Hayata 1916. | |
| Pentacrostigma | Pentacrostigma Afzelius, Svensk. Bot. Tidskr. 10: 147. 1929. | TYPE: Pentacrostigma nyctanthum Afzelius 1929. | |
| Pharbitis | Pharbitis Choisy, Mem. Soc. Phys. Geneve 6: 438. 1834, nom. cons. vs. Convolvuloides Moench 1794, et vs. Diatremis Rafinesque 1821, et vs. Diatrema Rafinesque 1833. | TYPE: Pharbitis hispida Choisy, nom. illegit., typ. cons. (Convolvulus purpureus Linnaeus; Pharbitis purpurea (Linnaeus) Voigt) | |
| Piptostegia | Piptostegia Reichenbach & Hoffmannsegg, in Hoffmannsegg, Preis-Verz. Pfl., ed. 10. 11, 81. 1841. | TYPE: Piptostegia gomezii Hoffmannsegg, nom. illegit. (Convolvulus operculatus Gomes) | |
| Quamoclit | Quamoclit Miller, Gard. Dict. Abr., ed. 4. 1754. | TYPE: Ipomoea quamoclit Linnaeus | |
| Quamoclit | Quamoclit Moench, Methodus 453. 1794, non Miller 1754. | TYPE: Quamoclit coccinea (Linnaeus) Moench (Ipomoes coccinea Linnaeus) | |
| Quamoclita | Quamoclita Rafinesque, Fl. Tellur. 4: 74. 1838 ("1836"), non Quamoclit Moller 1754. | TYPE: Non designatus. | |
| Rivea | Rivea Choisy, Mém. Soc. Phys. Genève 6: 407, t. 3. 1834 ("1833"). | TYPE: Rivea hypocrateriformis (Desrousseaux) Choisy 1834. (Convolvulus hypocrateriformis Desrousseaux 1792.) Typified by Manitz, Feddes Repert. 87. 313. 1976. | |
| Saccia | Saccia Naudin, Rev. Hort. (Paris) 61: 35. 1889. | TYPE: Saccia elegans Naudin 1889. | |
| Samudra | Samudra Rafinesque, Fl. Tellur. 4: 72. 1838 ("1836"). | TYPE: Samudra speciosa (Linnaeus f.) Rafinesque 1838. (Convolvulus speciosus Linnaeus f. 1782.) | |
| Sanilum | Sanilum Rafinesque, Fl. Tellur. 4: 70. 1838 ("1836"). | TYPE: Sanilum copticum (Linnaeus) Rafinesque (Convolvulus copticus Linnaeus) Lectotypified by Manitz, Feddes Repert. 85: 637. 1974. | |
| Stictocardia | Stictocardia Hallier f., Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 18: 159. 1893. | TYPE: Stictocardia tiliifolia (Desrousseaux) Hallier f. (Convolvulus tiliifolius Desrousseaux) Lectotypified by Manitz, Feddes Repert. 87: 314. 1976. | |
| Stomadena | Stomadena Rafinesque, Fl. Tellur. 2: 12. 1837 ("1836"). | TYPE: Stomadena violacea Rafinesque, nom. illegit. (Ipomoea aitonii Lindley) | |
| Tereietra | Tereietra Rafinesque, Fl. Tellur. 4: 124. 1838 ("1836"). | TYPE: Tereietra violacea Rafinesque | |
| Tirtalia | Tirtalia Rafinesque, Fl. Tellur. 4: 71. 1838 ("1836"). | TYPE: Tirtalia striata (Vahl) Rafinesque (Convolvulus striatus Vahl) Lectotypified by Manitz, Feddes Repert. 85: 638. 1974. | |
| Tremasperma | Tremasperma Rafinesque, Fl. Tellur. 4: 124. 1838 ("1836"). | TYPE: Tremasperma bonanox (Linnaeus) Rafinesque (Ipomoea bonanox Linnaeus) = Bonanox Rafinesque 1821. | |
| Turbina | Turbina Rafinesque, Fl. Tellur. 4: 81. 1838 ("1836"). | TYPE: Turbina corymbosa (Linnaeus) Rafinesque 1838. (Convolvulus corymbosus Linnaeus 1759.) |