Convolvulaceae
Ipomoea

Ipomoea praecox C.Wright

First published in Anales Acad. Ci. Méd. Habana 7: 46 (1870)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is W. Cuba. It is a climbing herbaceous tree or liana and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Cuba

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Wood, J.R.I. & Scotland, R.W. (2017). Notes on Ipomoea L. (Convolvulaceae) in Cuba and neighboring islands with a checklist of species found in Cuba. Kew Bulletin 72(45): 1-16.
  • Wood, J.R.I., Muñoz-Rodríguez P., Williams, B.R.M., Scotland, R.W. (2020). A foundation monograph of Ipomoea (Convolvulaceae) in the New World. PhytoKeys 143: 1-823.

An alternative taxonomy had been proposed by the following authorities:

  • Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & Strong, M.T. (2012). Catalogue of seed plants of the West Indies. Smithsonian Contributions to Botany 98: 1-1192. [Cited as Ipomoea argentifolia.]
  • Austin, D.F. & Huáman, Z. (1996). A synopsis of Ipomoea (Convolvulaceae) in the Americas. Taxon 45: 3-38. [Cited as Ipomoea argentifolia.]
  • Austin, D.F. (1977 publ. 1978). Realignment of the species placed in Exogonium (Convolvulaceae). Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden 64: 330-339. [Cited as Ipomoea argentifolia.]
  • Leon, H. & Alain, H. in Leon, H. (1957). Convolvulaceae. Flora de Cuba 4: 218-248. Cultural S. A., La Habana. [Cited as Ipomoea argentifolia.]

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Wood, J.R.I. & Scotland, R.W. (2017). Notes on Ipomoea L. (Convolvulaceae) in Cuba and neighboring islands with a checklist of species found in Cuba. Kew Bulletin 72(45): 1-16.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2025. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2025. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0