Calonyction album (L.) House

First published in Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 31: 591 (1904)
This name is a synonym of Ipomoea alba

POWO follows these authorities in synonymising this name:

  • Deroin, T. (2001). Convolvulaceae. Flore de Madagascar et des Comores (Plantes Vasculaires) 171: 11-287. Typographie Firmin-Didot et Cie., Paris. [Cited as Ipomoea alba.]
  • Fang, R.-Z. & Staples, G. (1995). Convolvulaceae. Flora of China 16: 271-325. Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis. [Cited as Ipomoea alba.]
  • Fosberg, F.R. & Sachet. M.-H. (1977). Flora of Micronesia 3: Convolvulaceae. Smithsonian Contributions to Botany 36: 1-34. [Cited as Ipomoea alba.]
  • Heine, H. (1984). Fl. Nouv. Caléd. & Dépend. Convolvulaceae. Flore de la Nouvelle-Calédonie et Dépendances 13: 1-91. Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris. [Cited as Ipomoea alba.]
  • Leon, H. & Alain, H. in Leon, H. (1957). Convolvulaceae. Flora de Cuba 4: 218-248. Cultural S. A., La Habana. [Cited as Ipomoea tuba.]
  • Sachet, M.-H. (1975). Fl. Marquesas Convolvulaceae. Smithsonian Contributions to Botany 23: 27-34. [Cited as Ipomoea alba.]
  • Staples, G. (with P. Traiperm) (2010). Convolvulaceae. Flora of Thailand 10: 330-468. The Forest Herbarium, National Park, Wildlife and Plant Conservation Department, Bangkok. [Cited as Ipomoea alba.]

This name was accepted following an alternative taxonomy by these authorities:

  • Wilder, G. P. (1934). The flora of Makatea CNV. Bernice P. Bishop Museum Bulletin 120: 1-49. [Cited as Calonyction album (L.) House.]
  • Wilder, G.P. (1931). Fl. Rarotonga Convolvulaceae. Bernice P. Bishop Museum Bulletin 86: 1-113. [Cited as Calonyction album.]

Other Data

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Sources

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