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479.0000 Family Convolvulaceae Juss.; Gen. Pl. [Jussieu] 132 (1789), nom. cons.
58 genera, ca. 1900 spp. Latest phylogeny: Simões et al. (2022), which will not be the last word in a rapidly changing system.
Species listed in database: 1972; hybrids: 14
= Cressaceae Raf.; Ann. Gén. Sci. Phys. 8: 270 (1821)
= Cuscutaceae Dumort.; Anal. Fam. Pl. 20, 25 (1829), nom. cons.
= Dichondraceae Dumort.; Anal. Fam. Pl. 20, 24 (1829), nom. cons.
= Erycibaceae Endl. ex Meisner; Pl. Vasc. Gen. [Meisner], Tab. Diagn. 272, Comm. 185 (1840)
= Evolvulaceae Bercht. & J.Presl; Přir. Rostlin Aneb. Rostl. 2: 130, 132 (1825)
= Humbertiaceae Pichon; Notul. Syst. (Paris) 13: 23 (1947), nom. cons.
= Poranaceae J.Agardh; Theoria Syst. Pl. 364 (1858)
479.5406 Genus Turbina Raf.; Fl. Tellur. 4: 81 (1836)
Distribution: 16-17 spp. Central and South America, E- and S-tropical Africa, South Africa, Madagascar
Species listed in database: 21
species :
Turbina abutiloides (Kunth) O´Donell; Lilloa 23: 505 (1950)
Distribution: Panama; Colombia (Bolívar, Cesar, Sucre); Venezuela (Aragua, Carabobo, Falcón, Lara, Miranda, Yaracuy); Ecuador; Peru (Amazonas); Bolivia (Santa Cruz); NE-Brazil (Bahia); WC-Brazil (Mato Grosso, Goiás, Mato Grosso do Sul); Paraguay (Alto Paraguay)
80 PAN 82 CLM VEN 83 BOL ECU PER 84 BRA 85 PAR
Synonyms: hidden
= Convolvulus abutiloides Kunth; Nov. Gen. Sp. [H.B.K.] 3: 106 (1818)
= Ipomoea abutiloides (Kunth) G.Don; Gen. Hist. 4: 273 (1837)
= Ipomoea abutiloides var. hartwegiana Kuntze; Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 444 (1891)
= Ipomoea abutiloides var. kunthiana Kuntze; Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 443 (1891), nom. inval.
= Ipomoea floribunda Moric.; Pl. Nouv. Amér. 46, t. 31 (1838) (non (Kunth) G. Don 1837)
= Ipomoea floribunda var. blanchetii Meisn.; Fl. Bras. [Martius] 7: 262 (1869)
= Rivea abutiloides (Kunth) Hallier f.; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 18: 158 (1894)
species :
Turbina amazonica D.F.Austin & Staples; Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 118(3): 270 (1991)
Distribution: Colombia (Vaupés); Ecuador (Orellana); Bolivia (Pando, Santa Cruz, La Paz); N-Brazil (Amapá, Amazonas, Pará, Rondônia); WC-Brazil (Mato Grosso, Goiás)
82 CLM 83 BOL ECU 84 BRA
Synonyms: hidden
= Calystegia glaziovii Dammer; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 23(Beibl. 57): 41 (1897)
= Ipomoea amazonica (D.F.Austin & Staples) J.R.I.Wood & Scotland; Kew Bull. 70(31): 27 (2015)
species :
Turbina bracteata Deroin; Bull. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat., B, Adansonia, Sér. 4, 14(3-4): 342 (1992 publ. 1993)
Distribution: Madagascar
29 MDG
Synonyms: hidden
= Ipomoea porphyrea J.R.I.Wood & Scotland; Nat. Plants 5(11): 1136-44 (Suppl. 35) (2019), nom. nov.
species :
Turbina cordata (Choisy) D.F.Austin & Staples; J. Arnold Arbor. 64(3) 488 (1983)
Distribution: Bolivia (Chuquisaca, Cochabamba, Santa Cruz, Tarija); Brazil (Bahia, Ceará, Brasilia Distrito Federal, Goiás, Minas Gerais, Mato Grosso, Paraíba, Pernambuco, Rio Grande do Norte, São Paulo, Sergipe)
83 BOL 84 BRA
Synonyms: hidden
= Ipomoea martii Meisn.; Fl. Bras. [Martius] 7: 825 (1869), nom. illeg.
= Ipomoea sericosepala J.R.I.Wood & Scotland; Kew Bull. 70(31): 21 (2015)
= Rivea cordata Choisy; Prodr. [A.P. de Candolle] 9: 326 (1845)
species :
Turbina corymbosa (L.) Raf.; Fl. Tellur. 4: 81 (1836)
Name: Aguinaldo, Corona de novia, Christmas vine
Distribution: Mozambique [I]; Mauritius [I]; Rodrigues [I]; S-India [I]; Sri Lanka [I]; Philippines [I]; USA (Florida, Louisiana, Texas); Mexico (Campeche, Chiapas, Colima, Durango, Guanajuato, Guerrero, Hidalgo, Jalisco, México State, Michoacán, Morelos, Nayarit, Oaxaca, Puebla, Queretaro, Quintana Roo, San Luis Potosí, Sinaloa, Tabasco, Tamaulipas, Veracruz, Yucatán); Belize; El Salvador; Honduras; Nicaragua; Costa Rica; Panama; Bahamas; Cuba; Jamaica; Hispaniola; Puerto Rico; Virgin Isl. (Tortola); Nevis; Antigua; Barbuda; Montserrat; Guadeloupe; Martinique; St. Lucia; Barbados; Tobago; Trinidad; Colombia (Atlántico, Bolívar, Magdalena); Venezuela (Venezuela Distrito Federal, Lara, Miranda, Portuguesa, Sucre, Trujillo); Ecuador; Peru; Bolivia (Beni, La Paz, Santa Cruz); NE-Brazil (Bahia); NE-Brazil (Pernambuco, Bahia, Alagoas); WC-Brazil (Goiás, Brazília Distrito Federal); WC-Brazil (Mato Grosso, Mato Grosso do Sul); SE-Brazil (Minas Gerais, Espírito Santo, Rio de Janeiro); SE-Brazil (Minas Gerais, São Paulo); S-Brazil (Paraná)
26 moz 29 mau rod 40 ind srl 42 phi 77 USA 78 USA 79 MEX 80 BLZ COS ELS HON NIC PAN 81 ABA BAH BBD CUB GDL HIS JAM MAR MTS PUE STK STL TRT VIR 82 CLM VEN 83 BOL ECU PER 84 BRA
Synonyms: hidden
= Convolvulus corymbosus L.; Syst. Nat., ed. 10, 2: 923 (1759)
= Convolvulus domingensis Desr.; Encycl. [J.Lamarck et al.] 3: 554 (1792)
= Convolvulus laevicaulis Willd. ex Roem. & Schult.; Syst. Veg., ed. 15bis [Roemer & Schultes] 4: 303 (1819)
= Convolvulus monospermus Tineo; Syn. Pl. Hort. Panorm. 12 (1802)
= Convolvulus multiflorus Kunth; Nov. Gen. Sp. [H.B.K.] 3: 100 (1819), nom. illeg.
= Convolvulus prolifer Roem. & Schult.; Syst. Veg., ed. 15bis [Roemer & Schultes] 4: 302 (1819), nom. illeg.
= Convolvulus sidifolius Kunth; Nov. Gen. Sp. [H.B.K.] 3: 99 (1818)
= Convolvulus zeylanicus Moon ex Wall.; Numer. List [Wallich] no. 1379 (1829), nomen
= Ipomoea antillana Millsp.; Publ. Field Columbian Mus., Bot. Ser. 2: 84 (1900)
= Ipomoea burmanni Choisy; Prodr. [A.P. de Candolle] 9: 350 (1845)
= Ipomoea cordifolia Carey ex Voigt; Hort. Suburb. Calcutt. 358 (1845)
= Ipomoea corymbosa (L.) Roth; Syst. Veg., ed. 15bis [Roemer & Schultes] 4: 232 (1819)
= Ipomoea cymosa Lindl.; Edwards´s Bot. Reg. 29: t. 24 (1843), nom. illeg.
= Ipomoea domingensis (Desr.) House; Muhlenbergia 3: 38 (1907)
= Ipomoea sidifolia (Kunth) Choisy; Mém. Soc. Phys. Genève 6: 459 (1833) (non Schrad. 1821)
= Ipomoea sidifolia (Kunth) Sweet; Hort. Brit. [Loudon], ed. 2: 372 (1830), non Schrad. 1821
= Legendrea corymbosa (L.) Ooststr.; Blumea 5: 355 (1943)
= Legendrea corymbosa var. mollissima (Webb & Berthel.) Ooststr.; Blumea 5(4): 355 (1943)
= Legendrea mollissima Webb & Berthel.; Hist. Nat. Îles Canaries (Phytogr.) 3: 27 (1836 publ. 1850)
= Merremia umbellata var. minor De Wild.; Bull. Jard. Bot. État Bruxelles 1: 260 (1911)
= Quamoclit domingensis (Desr.) M.Gómez; Fl. Habanera 345 (1897)
= Rivea corymbosa (L.) Hallier f.; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 18: 157 (1894)
= Rivea corymbosa var. mollissima (Webb & Berthel.) Hallier f.; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 18: 157 (1894)
= Rivea corymbosa var. paniculata Hassl.; Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 9: 151 (1911)
= Tirtalia domingensis (L.) Raf.; Fl. Tellur. 4: 71 (1836)
= Turbina corymbosa f. mollissima (Webb & Berthel.) Stearn; Cuad. Bot. Canaria 21: 12 (1974)
species :
Turbina curtoi (Rendle) A.Meeuse; Bothalia 6: 784 (1958)
Distribution: Angola
26 ANG
Synonyms: hidden
= Ipomoea curtoi Rendle; J. Bot. 46: 183 (1908)
= Paralepistemon curtoi (Rendle) Lejoly & Lisowski; Bull. Jard. Bot. Natl. Belg. 57(1-2): 272 (1987)
species :
Turbina holubii (Baker) A.Meeuse; Bothalia 6: 780 (1958)
Distribution: Zambia; Malawi; Zimbabwe; Mozambique; Namibia; Botswana; South Africa (Limpopo, North-West Prov., Mpulamanga)
26 MLW MOZ ZAM ZIM 27 BOT NAM SAF
Synonyms: hidden
= Ipomoea holubii Baker; Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1894: 72 (1894)
= Ipomoea rhodesiana Rendle; J. Bot. 39: 57 (1901)
= Rivea holubii (Baker) Hallier f.; Meded. Rijks-Herb. 26 (1910 publ. 1911)
species :
Turbina inopinata Heine; Fl. Nouv.-Calédonie & Dépend. 13: 86 (1984)
Distribution: New Caledonia (Pouembout)
60 NWC
Synonyms: hidden
= Ipomoea inopinata (Heine) J.R.I.Wood & Scotland; Nat. Plants 5(11): 1136-44 (Suppl. 35) (2019)
species :
Turbina longiflora Verdc.; Kirkia 6: 121 (1967)
Distribution: Mozambique
26 MOZ
Synonyms: hidden
= Ipomoea mozambicensis J.R.I.Wood & Scotland; Nat. Plants 5(11): 1136-44 (Suppl. 35) (2019), nom. nov.
species :
Turbina oblongata (E.Mey. ex Choisy) A.Meeuse; Bothalia 6: 778 (1957 publ. 1958)
Distribution: Ethiopia; Zimbabwe; Mozambique; Namibia; Botswana; South Africa (Limpopo, North-West Prov., Gauteng, Mpulamanga, Free State, KwaZulu-Natal, E-Cape Prov.); Lesotho; Eswatini [Swaziland]
24 ETH 26 MOZ ZIM 27 BOT LES NAM SAF SWZ
Synonyms: hidden
= Convolvulus oblongatus (E.Mey. ex Choisy) Kuntze; Revis. Gen. Pl. 3(2): 214 (1898)
= Ipomoea atherstonei Baker; Fl. Cap. [Harvey & auct. succ.] 4(2): 53 (1904)
= Ipomoea lambtoniana Rendle; J. Bot. 39: 16 (1901)
= Ipomoea oblongata E.Mey. ex Choisy; Prodr. [A.P. de Candolle] 9: 368 (1845)
= Ipomoea oblongata var. hirsuta Rendle; J. Bot. 39: 16 (1901)
= Ipomoea randii Rendle; J. Bot. 39: 18 (1901)
= Ipomoea seineri Pilg; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 41: 297 (1908)
species :
Turbina ommanneyi (Rendle) A.R.Simões
Distribution: Zambia; Zimbabwe; Mozambique; Botswana; South Africa (Limpopo, North-West Prov., Gauteng, Mpulamanga, Free State)
26 MOZ ZAM ZIM 27 BOT SAF
Synonyms: hidden
= Ipomoea ommanneyi Rendle; J. Bot. 40: 190 (1902)
species :
Turbina oenotheroides (L.f.) A.Meeuse; Bothalia 6: 775 (1958)
Distribution: Namibia; Botswana; South Africa (North-West Prov., Gauteng, Free State, KwaZulu-Natal, N-Cape Prov., E-Cape Prov.)
27 BOT NAM SAF
Synonyms: hidden
= Convolvulus oenotheroides L.f.; Suppl. Pl. [Linnaeus f.] 157 (1782)
= Ipomoea argyreoides Choisy; Prodr. [A.P. de Candolle] 9: 357 (1845)
= Ipomoea barrettii Rendle; J. Bot. 40: 190 (1902)
= Ipomoea cana E.Mey.; Zwei Pflanzengeogr. Docum. [Drège] 195 (1843)
= Ipomoea oenotheroides (L.f.) A.Meeuse & Welman; Fl. S. Africa [ed. L.E.W.Codd et al.] 28: 86 (2000)
= Ipomoea oenotheroides (L.f.) Raf.; Fl. Tellur. 4: 74 (1838)
= Rivea oenotheroides (L.f.) Hallier f.; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 18: 156 (1894)
species :
Turbina pearceana (Kuntze) A.R.Simões
Distribution: Peru (Apurimac, Cusco, Huancavelica)
83 PER
Synonyms: hidden
= Ipomoea pearceana Kuntze; Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 443 (1891)
species :
Turbina pellita (Hallier f.) A.R.Simões
Distribution: South Africa (Mpulamanga, Free State, KwaZulu-Natal, E-Cape Prov.); Lesotho; Eswatini [Swaziland]
27 LES SAF SWZ
Synonyms: hidden
= Ipomoea ovata E.Mey.; Zwei Pflanzengeogr. Docum. [Drège] 195 (1843) ex Rendle
= Ipomoea ovata var. pellita (Hallier f.) Baker; Fl. Cap. [Harvey & auct. succ.] 4(2): 54 (1904)
= Ipomoea pellita Hallier f. [Bot.Jahrb.Syst.18: 130 (1894)]
species :
Turbina perbella Verdc.; Webbia 13: 328 (1958)
Distribution: Somalia
24 SOM
Synonyms: hidden
= Ipomoea perbella (Verdc.) J.R.I.Wood & Scotland; Nat. Plants 5(11): 1136-44 (Suppl. 35) (2019)
species :
Turbina pyramidalis (Hallier f.) A.Meeuse; Bothalia 6: 784 (1957 publ. 1958)
Distribution: Angola
26 ANG
Synonyms: hidden
= Ipomoea megalochlamys Baker; Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1894: 72 (1894)
= Ipomoea pyramidalis Hallier f. [Bot.Jahrb.Syst.18: 152 (1894)]
= Rivea pyramidalis (Hallier f.) Hallier f.; Meded. Rijks-Herb. 1: 26 (1910 publ. 1911)
species :
Turbina racemosa (Poir.) D.F.Austin; Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 64(2): 331 (1977 publ. 1978)
Distribution: Cuba; Dominican Republic; Haiti
81 CUB HIS
Conservation Status: threatened (Red List of the Vascular Flora of Cuba)
Synonyms: hidden
= Convolvulus altissimus Spreng.; Syst. Veg., ed. 16 [Sprengel] 1: 613 (1824)
= Convolvulus racemosus (Poir.) Spreng.; Syst. Veg., ed. 16 [Sprengel] 1: 600 (1825)
= Exogonium racemosum (Poir.) Choisy; Mem. Soc. Phys. Genève 8: 50 (1838)
= Exogonium rudolphii (Schult.) House; Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 35: 99 (1908)
= Exogonium wrightii House; Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 35: 99 (1908)
= Ipomoea altissima (Spreng.) Bertero ex G.Don; Gen. Hist. 4: 273 (1837)
= Ipomoea bracteata Rudolph ex Ledeb.; Neues J. Bot. 2: 292 (1807) (non Cav. 1799)
= Ipomoea racemosa Poir.; Encycl. [J.Lamarck et al.], Suppl. 4: 633 (1816)
= Ipomoea rudolphii Roem. & Schult.; Syst. Veg., ed. 15bis [Roemer & Schultes] 4: 227 (1819)
= Ipomoea wrightii (House) Alain; Mem. Soc. Cub. Hist. Nat. Felipe Poey 22: 123 (1955) (non A. Gray 1878)
= Pharbitis bracteata (Rudolph ex Ledeb.) Choisy; Prodr. [A.P. de Candolle] 9: 344 (1845), nom. illeg.
= Quamoclit racemosa (Poir.) Roberty; Candollea 14: 41 (1952)
= Rivea bracteata Hallier f. [Bot.Jahrb.Syst.18: 158 (1893), nom.superfl.]
= Rivea racemosa (Poir.) Hallier f.; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 18: 158 (1894)
= Turbina rudolphii (Roem. & Schult.) O´Donell; Lilloa 30: 64 (1960)
= Turbina wrightii (House) Alain; Brittonia 20: 152 (1968)
species :
Turbina robertsiana (Rendle) A.Meeuse; Bothalia 6: 777 (1958)
Distribution: South Africa (Limpopo, Mpulamanga)
27 SAF
Synonyms: hidden
= Ipomoea uncinata Hutch.; Botanist S. Afr. 337 (1946)
= Ipomoea robertsiana Rendle; J. Bot. 39: 18 (1901)
species :
Turbina shirensis (Oliv.) A.Meeuse; Bothalia 6: 782 (1958)
Distribution: D. R. Congo [Zaire]; Angola; Zambia; Zimbabwe; Mozambique; South Africa (Limpopo)
23 ZAI 26 ANG MOZ ZAM ZIM 27 SAF
Synonyms: hidden
= Ipomoea shirensis Oliv.; Hooker´s Icon. Pl. 15: t. 1474 (1884)
= Paralepistemon shirensis (Oliv.) Lejoly & Lisowski; Bull. Jard. Bot. Natl. Belg. 56(1-2): 197 (1986)
= Porana subrotundifolia De Wild.; Ann. Mus. Congo Belge, Bot., Sér. 4, [1(3)]: 111 (1903)
= Rivea shirensis (Oliv.) Hallier f.; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 18: 157 (1893)
species :
Turbina stenosiphon (Hallier f.) A.Meeuse; Bothalia 6: 783 (1957 publ. 1958)
Distribution: D. R. Congo [Zaire]; South Sudan; Uganda; Kenya; Tanzania; Zambia; Malawi; Zimbabwe; Mozambique; South Africa (Limpopo); Madagascar
23 ZAI 24 SSU 25 KEN TAN UGA 26 MLW MOZ ZAM ZIM 27 SAF 29 MDG
Synonyms: hidden
= Ipomoea stenosiphon Hallier f. [Sitzungsber.Kaiserl.Akad.Wiss., Math.-Naturwiss.Cl., Abt.1, 107(1): 50 (1898)]
= Ipomoea stenosiphon var. pubescens (Verdc.) J.R.I.Wood & Scotland; Nat. Plants 5(11): 1136-44 (Suppl. 35) (2019)
= Rivea stenosiphon (Hallier f.) Hallier f.; Jahrb. Hamburg. Wiss. Anst. 16: 15, repr. (1899)
= Turbina stenosiphon var. pubescens Verdc.; Kew Bull. 13: 217 (1958)
species :
Turbina suffruticosa (Burch.) A.Meeuse; Bothalia 6: 776 (1958)
Distribution: Namibia; South Africa (North-West Prov., N-Cape Prov.)
27 NAM SAF
Synonyms: hidden
= Ipomoea sublucens Rendle; J. Bot. 39: 17 (1901)
= Ipomoea suffruticosa Burch.; Trav. S. Africa 2: 226 (1824)
= Rivea suffruticosa (Burch.) Hallier f.; Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 18: 156 (1894)
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